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Kenya Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 70 Countries

The Kenya passport ranks 73rd globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 70 destinations worldwide. This East African travel document has shown fluctuating mobility over the past two decades, with rankings ranging from 52nd (2006) to 77th (2021), while visa-free access has gradually improved from 46 countries in 2006 to the current 70 destinations. Kenyan passport holders enjoy moderate international travel freedom, with access primarily to African nations, select Asian countries, and several island destinations, making it a mid-tier passport for regional and international mobility.

Global Rank
#73
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
70
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
45
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Kenya passport

44
Visa-Free
23
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
35
E-Visa
121
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Kenya passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

44 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Mozambique flagMozambique

🛬 Visa on Arrival

23 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mali flagMali
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

3 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

35 countries

  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire

❌ Visa Required

121 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • 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
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Panama flagPanama

Historical Ranking Trend

Kenya's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 21 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Kenya Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs
🔗
Kenya Directorate of Immigration Services
🔗
eCitizen Kenya - Passport Services

Compare Kenya Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Kenya flagKenya (You are here)
#737045/10063/100
Botswana flagBotswana#638368/10068/100
Namibia flagNamibia#687745/10066/100
Lesotho flagLesotho#697545/10064/100
eSwatini flageSwatini#707342/10065/100
Morocco flagMorocco#707342/10065/100

*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, Kenyan passport holders can visit 70 countries visa-free or with visa on arrival/e-visa. This includes 44 visa-free destinations, 23 visa on arrival countries, and 34 e-visa/electronic authorization destinations. Kenya ranks 73rd globally on the Henley Passport Index in 2025.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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