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eSwatini Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 73 Countries

The eSwatini passport ranks 70th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 73 destinations worldwide. This travel document provides Swazi citizens with moderate international mobility, particularly within the African continent and select countries in Asia, the Americas, and Oceania. While the passport's ranking has fluctuated between the mid-50s and mid-70s over the past two decades, it maintains reasonable travel freedom for tourism and business purposes. eSwatini passport holders benefit from regional agreements including access to several Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states without visa requirements.

Global Rank
#70
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
73
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
42
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for eSwatini passport

46
Visa-Free
22
On Arrival
5
ETA Required
37
E-Visa
116
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Swazi Citizens

Popular destinations where eSwatini 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
Botswana flag
Botswana
Up to 90 daysBW
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
Up to 90 daysMU
Malaysia flag
Malaysia
Up to 90 daysMY

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for eSwatini passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

46 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • 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
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Kiribati flagKiribati

🛬 Visa on Arrival

22 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

5 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

37 countries

  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • 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
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

116 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Panama flagPanama
  • 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
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Ireland flagIreland

Historical Ranking Trend

eSwatini's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 18 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official eSwatini Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Home Affairs - Eswatini
🔗
Eswatini Immigration Department
🔗
Government of Eswatini Official Portal

Compare eSwatini Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
eSwatini flageSwatini (You are here)
#707342/10065/100
Botswana flagBotswana#638368/10068/100
Namibia flagNamibia#687745/10066/100
Lesotho flagLesotho#697545/10064/100
Morocco flagMorocco#707342/10065/100
Malawi flagMalawi#717228/10064/100

*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, eSwatini passport holders can access 73 destinations without a prior visa. This includes 46 visa-free countries, 22 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 5 countries offering electronic travel authorization. The eSwatini passport ranks 70th globally on the Henley Passport Index.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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