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Burundi Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 50 Countries

The Burundi passport ranks 92nd globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 50 destinations worldwide. This East African travel document provides limited international mobility compared to higher-ranked passports, with most visa-free access concentrated within African nations and select other countries. Burundian passport holders typically require advance visas for travel to Europe, North America, and most Asian destinations. The passport's ranking has fluctuated between 78th and 98th place over the past two decades, reflecting modest improvements in visa-free access from 18 destinations in 2006 to 50 in 2025.

Global Rank
#92
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
50
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
12
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Burundi passport

22
Visa-Free
26
On Arrival
2
ETA Required
39
E-Visa
137
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Burundian Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
Kenya flag
Kenya		Up to 90 daysKE
Rwanda flag
Rwanda		Up to 90 daysRW
Uganda flag
Uganda		Up to 90 daysUG
Tanzania flag
Tanzania		Up to 90 daysTZ
Philippines flag
Philippines		Up to 30 daysPH

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Burundi passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

22 countries

  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Tanzania flagTanzania

🛬 Visa on Arrival

26 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

🔐 ETA Required

2 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles

💻 E-Visa

39 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • 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
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire

❌ Visa Required

137 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • 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
  • Niger flagNiger
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Burundi's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 14 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Burundi Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation
🔗
Direction Générale de l'Immigration
🔗
U.S. Embassy in Burundi
🔗
UK Foreign Travel Advice - Burundi
🔗
Travel Advice and Advisories - Burundi
🔗
France Diplomatie - Burundi

Compare Burundi Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Burundi flagBurundi (You are here)
#925012/1008/100
Mozambique flagMozambique#826128/10018/100
Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe#826145/10019/100
Togo flagTogo#835942/10017/100
Senegal flagSenegal#845845/10058/100
Gabon flagGabon#845842/10021/100

*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, Burundian passport holders can visit 50 countries visa-free. This includes 22 visa-free destinations (such as Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Singapore, Philippines, Ecuador, and Ghana) and 26 visa-on-arrival destinations (including Ethiopia, Madagascar, Cambodia, Bolivia, and Zambia). The Burundi passport ranks 92nd globally on the Henley Passport Index.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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