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Sao Tome and Principe passport

Rank #82 · Strength 59 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 20.2

Sao Tome and Principe passport

Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe can reach 59 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 29 visa-free, 25 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #82 for passport strength worldwide.

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29Visa-free
25Visa on arrival
5eTA
51e-⁠Visa
137Visa required

Sao Tome and Principe passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 28% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 19 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 59 destinations, 51 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 137 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (29)

Angola Bahamas Barbados Benin Cape Verde Cook Islands Costa Rica Dominica Ecuador El Salvador Gabon Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Kenya Malaysia Micronesia Mozambique Panama Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore South Africa Togo Tuvalu Zambia

Visa on arrival (25)

Armenia Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (51)

Albania Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Georgia Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (137)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina 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 Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guernsey Guyana Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati 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 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 Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia 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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