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Burkina Faso Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 58 Countries

The Burkina Faso passport currently ranks 84th globally in 2025, granting visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 58 destinations worldwide. This West African travel document offers relatively limited mobility compared to top-tier passports, though it provides adequate access primarily within the ECOWAS region and select African countries. Burkinabé citizens benefit from regional travel agreements but typically require visas for most destinations in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. The passport's ranking has fluctuated between the low 60s and high 80s over the past two decades, reflecting modest improvements in international travel freedom for Burkina Faso nationals.

Global Rank
#84
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
58
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
42
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Burkina Faso passport

32
Visa-Free
23
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
39
E-Visa
129
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Burkinabè Citizens

Popular destinations where Burkina Faso passport holders can travel without a visa:

CountryMaximum StayCode
Benin flag
Benin		Up to 90 daysBJ
Côte d'Ivoire flag
Côte d'Ivoire		Up to 90 daysCI
Senegal flag
Senegal		Up to 90 daysSN
Ghana flag
Ghana		Up to 90 daysGH
Mali flag
Mali		Up to 90 daysML

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Burkina Faso passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

32 countries

  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Niger flagNiger
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Kenya flagKenya

🛬 Visa on Arrival

23 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Iran flagIran
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

3 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Morocco flagMorocco

💻 E-Visa

39 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

129 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
  • 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
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • 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
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • India flagIndia
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Peru flagPeru
  • 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. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • 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
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Burkina Faso's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 22 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Burkina Faso Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad
🔗
National Police - Passport Services
🔗
U.S. Embassy in Ouagadougou
🔗
French Embassy in Burkina Faso
🔗
Travel Advice for Burkina Faso
🔗
FCDO Travel Advice - Burkina Faso

Compare Burkina Faso Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso (You are here)
#845842/10021/100
Ghana flagGhana#746942/10063/100
Tunisia flagTunisia#756845/10064/100
Uganda flagUganda#766742/10062/100
Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands#776645/100N/A/100
Zambia flagZambia#776642/10061/100

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

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Burkina Faso passport holders can visit 58 countries visa-free or with visa on arrival in 2025. This includes 32 visa-free destinations (such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Ecuador, and ECOWAS member states like Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Togo, and Benin) and 23 visa-on-arrival countries (including Madagascar, Cambodia, Maldives, Bolivia, and Mauritius). The passport ranks 84th globally on the Henley Passport Index.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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