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Uruguay passport

Rank #25 · Strength 166 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 77.1

Uruguay passport

Citizens of Uruguay can reach 166 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 133 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 9 eTA. Ranked #25 for passport strength worldwide.

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133Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
9eTA
47e-⁠Visa
34Visa required

Uruguay passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 72% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 8 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 requires an eTA; the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 166 destinations, 47 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 34 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (133)

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niue North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (9)

Israel Kenya New Zealand Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

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

Antigua and Barbuda Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Uganda Uzbekistan Vietnam

Visa required (34)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Canada Central African Republic Congo Eritrea Gambia Guam Kuwait Lesotho Mali Morocco Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia Senegal Sudan Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan 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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