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Namibia Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 77 Countries

The Namibia passport ranks 68th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 77 destinations worldwide. This Southern African travel document provides moderate international mobility, with consistent improvements in visa-free access from 41 countries in 2006 to 77 in 2025. Namibian passport holders benefit from access to key regions including most African countries, select Asian nations, and several South American destinations. While not among the world's most powerful passports, it offers solid travel advantages for business, tourism, and diplomatic purposes across multiple continents.

Global Rank
#68
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
77
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
45
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Namibia passport

52
Visa-Free
22
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
34
E-Visa
115
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Namibian Citizens

Popular destinations where Namibia 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
Kenya flag
Kenya
Up to 90 daysKE
Zambia flag
Zambia
Up to 90 daysZM
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe
Up to 90 daysZW

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Namibia passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

52 countries

  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Panama flagPanama
  • 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
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena

🛬 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
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

3 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation

💻 E-Visa

34 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • 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

115 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Bermuda flagBermuda

Historical Ranking Trend

Namibia's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 12 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Namibia Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security - Namibia
🔗
Namibia Missions Abroad
🔗
Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation - Namibia

Compare Namibia Passport with Other Passports

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

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

The Namibia passport ranks #68 globally in 2025, offering visa-free access to 77 countries and territories. This places it in the medium category of passport strength, providing moderate travel freedom with good regional mobility.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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