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Bhutan Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 50 Countries

The Bhutan passport currently ranks 92nd globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 50 destinations worldwide. This travel document provides Bhutanese citizens with moderate international mobility, primarily covering countries in Asia and select territories in other regions. While the passport's ranking has fluctuated between the mid-70s and low-90s over the past two decades, it maintains consistent access to approximately 50 countries. Bhutanese travelers benefit from visa-free entry to neighboring South Asian nations and several other destinations, though most international travel requires advance visa arrangements.

Global Rank
#92
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
50
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
15
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Bhutan passport

18
Visa-Free
29
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
47
E-Visa
130
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Bhutan passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

18 countries

  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • India flagIndia
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Zambia flagZambia

🛬 Visa on Arrival

29 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

3 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles

💻 E-Visa

47 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Oman flagOman
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

130 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • 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
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • 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
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • 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
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Romania flagRomania
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Bhutan's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 15 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Bhutan Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Department of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs
🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade
🔗
Tourism Council of Bhutan

Compare Bhutan Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Bhutan flagBhutan (You are here)
#925015/1008/100
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan#826142/10018/100
India flagIndia#855742/10055/100
Tajikistan flagTajikistan#875528/10013/100
Vietnam flagVietnam#925042/1008/100
Cambodia flagCambodia#925042/10046/100

*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, Bhutanese passport holders can visit 17 countries visa-free, including Singapore, Thailand, India, Philippines, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, and several Caribbean nations like Barbados, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Additionally, 29 countries offer visa on arrival, and 46 countries provide e-visa facilities. The Bhutan passport ranks 92nd globally on the Henley Passport Index with access to 50 destinations without prior visa arrangements.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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