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Bahamas Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 159 Countries

The Bahamas passport ranks 23rd globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 159 destinations worldwide. This Caribbean travel document provides strong global mobility, enabling Bahamian citizens to travel freely throughout most of the Americas, Europe's Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, and numerous other countries. The passport has shown consistent improvement in travel freedom since 2006, when it ranked 35th with access to only 71 countries, demonstrating the Bahamas' strengthening international relations and diplomatic standing. Bahamian passport holders benefit from excellent travel privileges that facilitate international business, tourism, and personal travel without extensive visa requirements.

Global Rank
#23
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
159
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
72
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Bahamas passport

120
Visa-Free
32
On Arrival
7
ETA Required
29
E-Visa
38
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Bahamian Citizens

Popular destinations where Bahamas passport holders can travel without a visa:

CountryMaximum StayCode
United Kingdom flag
United Kingdom
Up to 180 daysGB
Singapore flag
Singapore
Up to 30 daysSG
France flag
France
Up to 90 daysFR
Thailand flag
Thailand
Up to 30 daysTH
Japan flag
Japan
Up to 90 daysJP

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Bahamas passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

120 countries

  • Japan flagJapan
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • French West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Romania flagRomania
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Benin flagBenin
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena

🛬 Visa on Arrival

32 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Namibia flagNamibia

🔐 ETA Required

7 countries

  • Canada flagCanada
  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

29 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Oman flagOman
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

38 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Mali flagMali
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Kuwait flagKuwait

Historical Ranking Trend

Bahamas's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Improved by 12 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Bahamas Passport & Travel Resources

Access official government resources for passport services, travel advisories, and visa information:

🔗
Bahamas Department of Immigration
🔗
Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs
🔗
Bahamas Passport Office
🔗
Bahamas Travel & Tourism - Entry Requirements

Compare Bahamas Passport with Other Passports

See how Bahamas's passport compares with other CARIBBEAN in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Bahamas flagBahamas (You are here)
#2315972/10077/100
Barbados flagBarbados#2216372/10038/100
St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines#2515658/10087/100
St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis#2715478/10074/100
Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda#2815378/10072/100
Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago#3014768/10067/100

*Mobility score calculated based on visa-free access and global travel freedom.

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The Bahamas passport ranks 23rd globally in 2025 with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 159 destinations. This represents an improvement from rank 24 in 2024 and demonstrates strong mobility for Bahamian citizens, particularly within the Caribbean, Europe (Schengen Area), and parts of Asia and Africa.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

Source: IATA Travel Centre, Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.