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Thailand passport

Rank #71 · Strength 73 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 27.7

Thailand passport

Citizens of Thailand can reach 73 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 43 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #71 for passport strength worldwide.

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43Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
6eTA
54e-⁠Visa
120Visa required

Thailand passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 43% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 23 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online; Japan allows visa-free entry. Beyond those 73 destinations, 54 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 120 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (43)

Argentina Barbados Brazil Brunei Cambodia Chile China Cook Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Fiji Georgia Haiti Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Macao Malaysia Micronesia Mongolia Myanmar Oman Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Russia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore South Africa Taiwan Tajikistan Timor-Leste Turkey Tuvalu Vanuatu Vietnam

Visa on arrival (24)

Armenia Bahrain Burundi Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Namibia Nauru Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Qatar Rwanda Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Tanzania Zambia

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (54)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Zimbabwe

Visa required (120)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Aruba Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Paraguay Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay 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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