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El Salvador passport

Rank #46 · Strength 133 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 59.6

El Salvador passport

Citizens of El Salvador can reach 133 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 102 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 7 eTA. Ranked #46 for passport strength worldwide.

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102Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
7eTA
56e-⁠Visa
58Visa required

El Salvador passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 57% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 23 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 133 destinations, 56 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 58 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (102)

Albania Andorra Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil Bulgaria Chile Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Macedonia Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (7)

Israel Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (56)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Uganda Ukraine Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (58)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Anguilla Azerbaijan Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Congo Eritrea Falkland Islands Gambia Gibraltar Guam Guernsey Guyana Isle of Man Jersey Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Mali Mexico Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Puerto Rico Saint Helena Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa Sudan Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Western Sahara Yemen

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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