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Vanuatu passport

Rank #72 · Strength 70 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 26.1

Vanuatu passport

Citizens of Vanuatu can reach 70 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 48 visa-free, 17 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #72 for passport strength worldwide.

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48Visa-free
17Visa on arrival
5eTA
50e-⁠Visa
127Visa required

Vanuatu passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 42% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Oceania it ranks 13 of 14; the strongest in the region is Australia, with 195 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 70 destinations, 50 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 127 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (48)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Cook Islands Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Eswatini Fiji Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Moldova Nicaragua Panama Peru Philippines Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (17)

Bahrain Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (50)

Albania Armenia Australia Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia 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 Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (127)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belgium Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guernsey Guyana Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Palestine Paraguay Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania 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 Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tunisia Turkey 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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