Coat of arms of Senegal

Senegal passport

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

Senegal passport

Citizens of Senegal can reach 57 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 34 visa-free, 18 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #84 for passport strength worldwide.

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34Visa-free
18Visa on arrival
5eTA
52e-⁠Visa
138Visa required

Senegal 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, 52 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 138 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (34)

Barbados Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Central African Republic Congo Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Kenya Liberia Malaysia Mali Mauritania Micronesia Morocco Niger Nigeria Palestine Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sierra Leone Singapore Togo Tunisia Tuvalu Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (18)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Macao Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Mozambique Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (52)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malawi Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia

Visa required (138)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda 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 Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kiribati Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Myanmar Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City 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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