Passport power
Every passport in the world, ranked by how many destinations its holders can visit without a visa in advance. 2026 edition.
The map
South Africa: ranks 50th, visa-free access to 101 destinations
Visa-free destinationsUnder 5050 to 7980 to 109110 to 139140 to 169170 or moreNo data
Full ranking
Showing 199 of 199. Passports with the same score share a rank.
RankPassportRegionVisa-free destinationsSince 2025
1SingaporeAsia192No change
2JapanAsia188No change
South KoreaAsia188Up 1
United Arab EmiratesMiddle East188Up 8
3SwedenEurope187Up 1
4BelgiumEurope186Up 1
DenmarkEurope186No change
FinlandEurope186Down 1
FranceEurope186Down 1
GermanyEurope186Down 1
IrelandEurope186No change
ItalyEurope186Down 1
LuxembourgEurope186No change
NetherlandsEurope186No change
NorwayEurope186No change
SpainEurope186Down 1
5AustriaEurope185Down 1
GreeceEurope185Up 1
MaltaEurope185Up 2
PortugalEurope185No change
SwitzerlandEurope185No change
6HungaryEurope184Up 2
PolandEurope184Up 1
United KingdomEurope184Down 1
7AustraliaOceania183Down 1
CanadaAmericas183No change
CzechiaEurope183Up 1
LatviaEurope183Up 3
MalaysiaAsia183Up 5
New ZealandOceania183Down 2
SlovakiaEurope183Up 4
SloveniaEurope183Up 3
8CroatiaEurope182Up 3
EstoniaEurope182Up 1
9LiechtensteinEurope181Up 4
LithuaniaEurope181Up 1
10IcelandEurope180Up 1
United StatesAmericas180Down 1
11BulgariaEurope178Up 4
RomaniaEurope178Up 4
12MonacoEurope177Up 3
13CyprusEurope175Up 1
Hong Kong (SAR China)Asia175Up 5
14ChileAmericas174Up 2
15AndorraEurope170Up 3
BrazilAmericas170Up 3
16ArgentinaAmericas169Up 1
17San MarinoEurope167Up 1
18IsraelMiddle East166Up 1
19BarbadosCaribbean163Up 2
BruneiAsia163Up 1
20BahamasCaribbean158Up 2
21St. Kitts and NevisCaribbean157Up 3
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean157Up 3
22MexicoAmericas156Up 1
UruguayAmericas156Up 2
23SeychellesAfrica155Up 2
24Antigua and BarbudaCaribbean154Up 3
25Vatican CityEurope152Up 1
26MauritiusAfrica149Up 3
27Costa RicaAmericas148Up 2
GrenadaCaribbean148Up 3
28PanamaAmericas147Up 2
29ParaguayAmericas145Up 1
30DominicaCaribbean144Up 1
Trinidad and TobagoCaribbean144Down 2
31Macao (SAR China)Asia143No change
St. LuciaCaribbean143Down 1
32UkraineEurope142Down 2
33PeruAmericas141Down 1
34SerbiaEurope135No change
35Solomon IslandsOceania134Up 2
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)Asia134Down 2
36GuatemalaAmericas132No change
37El SalvadorAmericas131Down 2
38ColombiaAmericas130Down 1
39HondurasAmericas129Down 1
40Marshall IslandsOceania128No change
SamoaOceania128Down 1
41MontenegroEurope127Down 1
North MacedoniaEurope127Down 1
TongaOceania127Down 2
42NicaraguaAmericas125Down 1
43TuvaluOceania124Down 2
44AlbaniaEurope123Down 1
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope123Down 1
45GeorgiaEurope121Down 1
KiribatiOceania121Down 3
MicronesiaOceania121Down 3
46MoldovaEurope120Down 2
Palau IslandsOceania120Down 4
47VenezuelaAmericas116Down 2
48Russian FederationEurope114Down 2
49QatarMiddle East112Down 2
TürkiyeEurope112Down 3
50South AfricaAfrica101Down 2
51BelizeAmericas100Down 2
52KuwaitMiddle East97Down 2
53MaldivesAsia93No change
Timor-LesteAsia93Down 2
54EcuadorAmericas92Down 2
55Saudi ArabiaMiddle East91Up 3
56BahrainMiddle East88Up 2
GuyanaAmericas88Down 2
57FijiOceania87Down 2
58VanuatuOceania86Down 4
59OmanMiddle East85No change
60JamaicaCaribbean84Down 4
NaoeroOceania84Down 4
Papua New GuineaOceania84Down 2
61ChinaAsia83Down 1
KosovoEurope83Up 2
62BotswanaAfrica81Down 5
63BelarusEurope78Down 1
64BoliviaAmericas77No change
KazakhstanAsia77Up 1
ThailandAsia77Down 3
65SurinameAmericas75Down 1
66NamibiaAfrica74Down 4
67Dominican RepublicCaribbean73No change
LesothoAfrica73Down 3
68eSwatiniAfrica71Down 3
MoroccoAfrica71Up 1
69IndonesiaAsia70Down 3
KenyaAfrica70Down 1
MalawiAfrica70Down 2
70RwandaAfrica68Up 6
TanzaniaAfrica68Down 1
The GambiaAfrica68Up 1
71AzerbaijanEurope67Down 1
GhanaAfrica67Up 3
72PhilippinesAsia66Up 3
TunisiaAfrica66Up 1
73BeninAfrica65Up 1
UgandaAfrica65Down 1
74ArmeniaMiddle East64No change
Cape VerdeAfrica64No change
MongoliaAsia64Up 2
ZambiaAfrica64Down 2
75Sierra LeoneAfrica63Up 1
76ZimbabweAfrica61Up 1
77MozambiqueAfrica60No change
78KyrgyzstanAsia59No change
São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica59Up 1
79UzbekistanAsia58Up 1
80Burkina FasoAfrica57Up 2
CubaCaribbean57No change
TogoAfrica57Up 1
81GabonAfrica56Up 1
Ivory CoastAfrica56Up 2
MadagascarAfrica56Up 1
SenegalAfrica56Up 3
82AlgeriaAfrica55Up 4
IndiaAsia55Up 3
MauritaniaAfrica55Up 2
83Equatorial GuineaAfrica54Up 2
NigerAfrica54Up 2
84GuineaAfrica53Down 1
MaliAfrica53Up 3
85TajikistanAsia52Down 1
86ChadAfrica51Up 3
ComorosAfrica51Up 2
Guinea-BissauAfrica51Up 1
87AngolaAfrica49Up 4
EgyptAfrica49Up 3
JordanMiddle East49Up 2
LiberiaAfrica49Up 3
88BurundiAfrica48Up 4
CameroonAfrica48Up 4
Central African RepublicAfrica48Up 1
HaitiCaribbean48Up 1
VietnamAsia48Up 3
89BhutanAsia47Up 1
CambodiaAsia47No change
CongoAfrica47Up 3
90DjiboutiAfrica45Up 3
LaosAsia45Up 3
91DR CongoAfrica44Up 3
NigeriaAfrica44Up 3
TurkmenistanAsia44Up 1
92MyanmarAsia43Up 2
93EthiopiaAfrica42Up 1
94LebanonMiddle East41Up 1
South SudanAfrica41Up 2
SudanAfrica41Up 3
95LibyaAfrica39Up 5
Sri LankaAsia39Up 1
96EritreaAfrica38Up 2
97IranMiddle East37Down 1
Palestinian TerritoryMiddle East37Up 3
98BangladeshAsia35Up 2
North KoreaAsia35Up 1
99NepalAsia34Up 2
100SomaliaAfrica32Up 2
101YemenMiddle East30Up 2
102PakistanAsia29Up 1
103IraqMiddle East28Up 1
104SyriaMiddle East25Up 1
105AfghanistanAsia22Up 1
About this rankingScores count the destinations a passport holder can enter without getting a visa before they travel, including visa on arrival and electronic travel authorisations. Data: Henley Passport Index, compiled by Henley & Partners from IATA data, 2026 edition. For the exact rules that apply to South Africans in each country, check the destination pages.