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Saudi Arabia passport

Rank #61 · Strength 94 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 38.8

Saudi Arabia passport

Citizens of Saudi Arabia can reach 94 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 65 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival and 9 eTA. Ranked #61 for passport strength worldwide.

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65Visa-free
20Visa on arrival
9eTA
44e-⁠Visa
109Visa required

Saudi Arabia passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 50% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 17 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United States and Canada require a consular visa; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; Australia and Japan issue an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 94 destinations, 44 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 109 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (65)

Albania Angola Anguilla Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belarus Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands China Cook Islands Dominica Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Islands Georgia Gibraltar Guatemala Guernsey Haiti Hong Kong Iran Isle of Man Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Macao Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Nicaragua Niue Oman Palestine Panama Philippines Qatar Russia Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore South Africa Tajikistan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Western Sahara Zambia

Visa on arrival (20)

Bangladesh Brunei Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Madagascar Malawi Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (9)

Kenya Mozambique New Zealand Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (44)

Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iraq Japan Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Myanmar Nigeria Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vietnam Zimbabwe

Visa required (109)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Argentina Aruba Austria Belgium Belize Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Bulgaria Canada Central African Republic Chile Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Eritrea Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna 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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