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Bangladesh Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 38 Countries

The Bangladesh passport ranks 100th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 38 destinations worldwide. Issued to Bangladeshi citizens for international travel, the passport has fluctuated in global rankings over the past two decades, ranging from 68th position in 2006 to 108th in 2021. While its visa-free access remains relatively limited compared to stronger passports, it provides essential travel mobility for Bangladeshi nationals seeking opportunities for tourism, business, education, and work abroad.

Global Rank
#100
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
38
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
42
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Bangladesh passport

17
Visa-Free
17
On Arrival
4
ETA Required
46
E-Visa
142
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Bangladesh passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

17 countries

  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Kiribati flagKiribati

🛬 Visa on Arrival

17 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Bhutan flagBhutan

🔐 ETA Required

4 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

46 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • India flagIndia
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

142 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • French West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iran flagIran
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Mali flagMali
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Romania flagRomania
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Bangladesh's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 32 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Bangladesh Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Department of Immigration & Passports, Bangladesh
🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
🔗
Bangladesh e-Passport
🔗
Ministry of Home Affairs, Bangladesh

Compare Bangladesh Passport with Other Passports

See how Bangladesh's passport compares with other ASIA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Bangladesh flagBangladesh (You are here)
#1003842/10053/100
Vietnam flagVietnam#925042/1008/100
Bhutan flagBhutan#925015/1008/100
Cambodia flagCambodia#925042/10046/100
Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan#93488/10014/100
Laos flagLaos#954628/10052/100

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

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

As of 2025, Bangladeshi passport holders can visit 38 countries visa-free or with visa-on-arrival. The passport ranks 100th globally on the Henley Passport Index. Visa-free destinations include Barbados, Jamaica, Fiji, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, and several Caribbean nations. Additionally, 17 countries offer visa-on-arrival (including Nepal, Maldives, Cambodia, and Bhutan), and 4 countries provide electronic travel authorization (Sri Lanka, Kenya, Seychelles, St. Kitts and Nevis).

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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