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Eritrea Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 39 Countries

The Eritrea passport ranks 99th globally in 2025, offering visa-free access to 39 destinations worldwide. This travel document provides limited international mobility compared to higher-ranked passports, reflecting Eritrea's diplomatic relations and bilateral agreements. Eritrean passport holders typically require visas for most major destinations, making advance travel planning essential. Despite its modest ranking, the passport enables access to select African nations and a few countries in Asia and Oceania without prior visa arrangements.

Global Rank
#99
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
39
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
8
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Eritrea passport

13
Visa-Free
24
On Arrival
2
ETA Required
47
E-Visa
140
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Eritrea passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

13 countries

  • Benin flagBenin
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Ghana flagGhana

🛬 Visa on Arrival

24 countries

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

🔐 ETA Required

2 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles

💻 E-Visa

47 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • 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

140 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • 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
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Eritrea's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 23 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Eritrea Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea
🔗
U.S. Department of State - Eritrea Travel Advisory
🔗
UK Foreign Office - Eritrea Travel Advice
🔗
Global Affairs Canada - Eritrea Travel Advice
🔗
Australian DFAT - Eritrea Travel Advice

Compare Eritrea Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Eritrea flagEritrea (You are here)
#99398/1008/100
Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau#895328/10058/100
Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands#895342/10018/100
Chad flagChad#905228/10042/100
Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic#915115/1009/100
Egypt flagEgypt#915142/10046/100

*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, Eritrean passport holders can visit 13 countries visa-free, including Singapore, Philippines, Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda, Benin, Dominica, Haiti, The Gambia, Micronesia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Cook Islands. Additionally, 24 countries offer visa on arrival, and 46 countries provide e-visa options. The Eritrean passport ranks 99th globally on the Henley Passport Index with 39 destinations accessible without prior visa arrangements.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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