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Rwanda passport

Rank #84 · Strength 57 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 19.2

Rwanda passport

Citizens of Rwanda can reach 57 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 30 visa-free, 21 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #84 for passport strength worldwide.

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30Visa-free
21Visa on arrival
6eTA
46e-⁠Visa
144Visa required

Rwanda passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 25% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 23 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 57 destinations, 46 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 144 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (30)

Angola Bahamas Barbados Benin Central African Republic Chad Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Dominica Ecuador Grenada Guinea Haiti Kenya Kiribati Malawi Mauritius Micronesia Mozambique Philippines Qatar Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Tanzania Togo Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu

Visa on arrival (21)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Congo Ethiopia Indonesia Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Maldives Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Ghana Saint Kitts and Nevis Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (46)

Albania Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (144)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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