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Guinea-Bissau Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 53 Countries

The Guinea-Bissau passport ranks 89th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 53 destinations worldwide. This West African travel document provides limited international mobility compared to higher-ranked passports, with access primarily concentrated in African nations and select countries in other regions. Guinea-Bissau passport holders face significant travel restrictions when visiting most developed nations, typically requiring advance visa applications for Europe, North America, and many Asian countries. Despite its modest global ranking, the passport has shown slight improvements in recent years, increasing from 46 visa-free destinations in 2015 to 53 in 2025.

Global Rank
#89
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
53
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
28
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Guinea-Bissau passport

29
Visa-Free
22
On Arrival
2
ETA Required
39
E-Visa
134
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Bissau-Guinean Citizens

Popular destinations where Guinea-Bissau passport holders can travel without a visa:

CountryMaximum StayCode
Senegal flag
Senegal		Up to 90 daysSN
Cape Verde flag
Cape Verde		Up to 90 daysCV
Gambia flag
Gambia		Up to 90 daysGM
Mali flag
Mali		Up to 90 daysML
Philippines flag
Philippines		Up to 30 daysPH

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Guinea-Bissau passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

29 countries

  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Niger flagNiger
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Kenya flagKenya

🛬 Visa on Arrival

22 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Iran flagIran
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • 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

2 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles

💻 E-Visa

39 countries

  • Angola flagAngola
  • 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
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • 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
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

134 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • India flagIndia
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Guinea-Bissau's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 26 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Guinea-Bissau Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities
🔗
U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs
🔗
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
🔗
Global Affairs Canada
🔗
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
🔗
France Diplomatie - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

Compare Guinea-Bissau Passport with Other Passports

See how Guinea-Bissau's passport compares with other AFRICA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau (You are here)
#895328/10058/100
Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone#796435/10021/100
Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe#806342/10021/100
Mozambique flagMozambique#826128/10018/100
Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe#826145/10019/100
Togo flagTogo#835942/10017/100

*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, Guinea-Bissau passport holders can access 53 destinations without a prior visa. This includes 29 visa-free countries, 22 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 2 electronic travel authorization countries. The passport ranks 89th globally on the Henley Passport Index, reflecting limited but growing travel freedom primarily within West Africa and select countries in Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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