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Uganda passport

Rank #80 · Strength 61 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 21.3

Uganda passport

Citizens of Uganda can reach 61 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 38 visa-free, 18 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #80 for passport strength worldwide.

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38Visa-free
18Visa on arrival
5eTA
47e-⁠Visa
139Visa required

Uganda passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 30% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 16 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 61 destinations, 47 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 139 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (38)

Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Benin Botswana Cook Islands DR Congo Dominica Ecuador Eritrea Eswatini Fiji Grenada Haiti Hong Kong Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Mozambique Philippines Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore South Sudan Tanzania Togo Tuvalu Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (18)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Laos Macao Madagascar Maldives Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (47)

Albania Angola Australia Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia Syria Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (139)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bermuda 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 Egypt Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco 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 Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa 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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