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Lesotho Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 75 Countries

The Lesotho passport ranks 69th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 75 destinations worldwide. This Southern African travel document provides moderate international mobility for Lesotho citizens, with access primarily concentrated in African countries and select nations in other regions. While the passport's ranking has fluctuated between the mid-60s and low-70s over the past two decades, it maintains consistent access to key regional partners and emerging travel markets. Lesotho passport holders benefit from relatively straightforward travel within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and growing visa facilitation agreements globally.

Global Rank
#69
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
75
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
45
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Lesotho passport

49
Visa-Free
21
On Arrival
5
ETA Required
36
E-Visa
115
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Basotho Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
South Africa flag
South Africa
Up to 90 daysZA
Botswana flag
Botswana
Up to 90 daysBW
Eswatini flag
Eswatini
Up to 90 daysSZ
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe
Up to 90 daysZW
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
Up to 90 daysMU

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Lesotho passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

49 countries

  • Japan flagJapan
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • 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
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • 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
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Mozambique flagMozambique

🛬 Visa on Arrival

21 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • 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
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • 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

36 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • 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
  • 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

115 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
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • 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
  • Ireland flagIreland

Historical Ranking Trend

Lesotho's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 22 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Lesotho Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Home Affairs - Lesotho
🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations - Lesotho
🔗
U.S. Department of State - Lesotho Travel Advisory
🔗
UK Government - Foreign travel advice Lesotho
🔗
Government of Canada - Travel advice Lesotho

Compare Lesotho Passport with Other Passports

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

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

Lesotho passport holders can visit 75 destinations without a prior visa in 2025. This includes 48 visa-free countries, 21 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 6 countries offering electronic travel authorisation. The passport ranks 69th globally on the Henley Passport Index.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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