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Kiribati Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 123 Countries

The Kiribati passport ranks 46th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 123 destinations worldwide. This Pacific island nation's travel document has shown significant improvement in recent years, jumping from 109 accessible countries in 2017 to its current 123 destinations. While providing moderate global mobility compared to top-tier passports, the Kiribati passport grants its citizens reasonable travel freedom across various regions, including access to numerous Pacific, Caribbean, and select Asian and African countries. The passport's consistent ranking in the mid-40s demonstrates stable international relations and adequate travel advantages for Kiribati nationals seeking tourism, business, or diplomatic opportunities abroad.

Global Rank
#46
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
123
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
12
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Kiribati passport

90
Visa-Free
28
On Arrival
5
ETA Required
39
E-Visa
64
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for I-Kiribati Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
Fiji flag
Fiji
Up to 120 daysFJ
Malaysia flag
Malaysia
Up to 30 daysMY
Singapore flag
Singapore
Up to 30 daysSG
Philippines flag
Philippines
Up to 30 daysPH
Vanuatu flag
Vanuatu
Up to 90 daysVU

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Kiribati passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

90 countries

  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Romania flagRomania
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena

🛬 Visa on Arrival

28 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Namibia flagNamibia

🔐 ETA Required

5 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

39 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

64 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)

Historical Ranking Trend

Kiribati's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Improved by 3 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Kiribati Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Kiribati Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
🔗
Kiribati Immigration Division

Compare Kiribati Passport with Other Passports

See how Kiribati's passport compares with other OCEANIA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Kiribati flagKiribati (You are here)
#4612312/10054/100
Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands#3913342/10061/100
Samoa flagSamoa#4212942/10058/100
Tonga flagTonga#4212942/10058/100
Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands#4412742/10058/100
Tuvalu flagTuvalu#4512628/10055/100

*Mobility score calculated based on visa-free access and global travel freedom.

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The Kiribati passport ranks 46th globally in 2025 with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 123 destinations. This represents a significant improvement from 2006 (rank 49, 49 destinations). I-Kiribati passport holders enjoy visa-free access to most European Schengen countries, the UK (with ETA), Singapore, Malaysia, and many Pacific and Caribbean nations, though major destinations like the USA, Canada, Australia, China, and Japan require visas.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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