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Vatican City passport

Rank #23 · Strength 169 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 78.7

Vatican City passport

Citizens of Vatican City can reach 169 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 134 visa-free, 26 visa on arrival and 9 eTA. Ranked #23 for passport strength worldwide.

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134Visa-free
26Visa on arrival
9eTA
40e-⁠Visa
38Visa required

Vatican City passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 73% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Europe it ranks 35 of 44; the strongest in the region is Spain, with 203 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia require an eTA; the United States and Japan require a consular visa. Beyond those 169 destinations, 40 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 38 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (134)

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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 Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Jersey Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania 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 Spain Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (26)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Gambia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Kuwait Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Syria Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (9)

Australia Canada Kenya New Zealand Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (40)

Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea India Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (38)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Central African Republic China Congo Eritrea Guam Guyana Israel Japan Kiribati Lebanon Lesotho Mali Mexico Morocco Myanmar Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Paraguay Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia Senegal South Africa Sudan Tokelau Tonga 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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