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Botswana Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 83 Countries

The Botswana passport ranks 63rd globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 83 destinations worldwide. This travel document provides Botswanan citizens with moderate international mobility, particularly for travel within Africa and select countries in other regions. Over the past two decades, Botswana's passport ranking has fluctuated between 50th and 69th position, with visa-free access gradually increasing from 48 destinations in 2006 to the current 83 in 2025. The passport represents decent travel freedom for a developing nation, enabling business and leisure travel opportunities across multiple continents.

Global Rank
#63
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
83
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
68
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Botswana passport

56
Visa-Free
20
On Arrival
7
ETA Required
34
E-Visa
109
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Motswana Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
South Africa flag
South Africa		Up to 90 daysZA
Kenya flag
Kenya		Up to 90 daysKE
Mauritius flag
Mauritius		Up to 90 daysMU
Zambia flag
Zambia		Up to 90 daysZM
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe		Up to 90 daysZW

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Botswana passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

56 countries

  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena

🛬 Visa on Arrival

20 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

7 countries

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

💻 E-Visa

34 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Oman flagOman
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

109 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • 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
  • 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
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • Mali flagMali
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • 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
  • 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
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia

Historical Ranking Trend

Botswana's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 13 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Botswana Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Republic of Botswana - Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs
🔗
Botswana Department of Immigration
🔗
Republic of Botswana - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Compare Botswana Passport with Other Passports

See how Botswana's passport compares with other AFRICA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Botswana flagBotswana (You are here)
#638368/10068/100
South Africa flagSouth Africa#5310258/10047/100
Namibia flagNamibia#687745/10066/100
Lesotho flagLesotho#697545/10064/100
eSwatini flageSwatini#707342/10065/100
Morocco flagMorocco#707342/10065/100

*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, Botswana passport holders can access 83 destinations without a prior visa. This includes 54 visa-free countries, 20 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 7 electronic travel authorization (eTA) countries. The Botswana passport ranks 63rd globally on the Henley Passport Index 2025.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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