Coat of arms of Sudan

Sudan passport

Rank #101 · Strength 36 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 8.0

Sudan passport

Citizens of Sudan can reach 36 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 14 visa-free, 16 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #101 for passport strength worldwide.

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14Visa-free
16Visa on arrival
6eTA
58e-⁠Visa
153Visa required

Sudan passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 6% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 51 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 36 destinations, 58 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 153 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (14)

Barbados Benin Cook Islands Dominica Haiti Kenya Malaysia Micronesia Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Syria Togo Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (16)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Eritrea Guinea-Bissau Macao Madagascar Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste

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 (58)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Iran Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (153)

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 Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia 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 Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain 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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