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Palau Islands Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 122 Countries

The Palau passport ranks 47th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 122 destinations worldwide. This Pacific island nation's travel document provides moderate international mobility, with significant improvements from its 2008 ranking of 61st to its current position. Palauan passport holders enjoy relatively good travel freedom, particularly for tourism and business purposes across Asia-Pacific, Caribbean, and select European countries. The passport's steady rise in global rankings reflects Palau's strengthening diplomatic relations and growing recognition as a sovereign nation in the international community.

Global Rank
#47
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
122
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
48
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Palau Islands passport

82
Visa-Free
32
On Arrival
8
ETA Required
42
E-Visa
62
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Palauan Citizens

Popular destinations where Palau Islands passport holders can travel without a visa:

CountryMaximum StayCode
Philippines flag
Philippines		Up to 30 daysPH
Singapore flag
Singapore		Up to 30 daysSG
Malaysia flag
Malaysia		Up to 30 daysMY
Japan flag
Japan		Up to 90 daysJP
South Korea flag
South Korea		Up to 90 daysKR

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Palau Islands passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

82 countries

  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Romania flagRomania
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena

🛬 Visa on Arrival

32 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
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

8 countries

  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation

💻 E-Visa

42 countries

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

❌ Visa Required

62 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
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Palau Islands's passport ranking progression from 2008 to 2025

Trend: Improved by 14 positions from 2008 to 2025

Official Palau Islands Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Bureau of Foreign Affairs
🔗
Ministry of State
🔗
U.S. Department of State
🔗
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Compare Palau Islands Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Palau Islands flagPalau Islands (You are here)
#4712248/10053/100
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:

As of 2025, Palauan passport holders can access 122 destinations without a prior visa. This includes 89 visa-free countries, 32 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 1 electronic travel authorization destination. Palau ranks 47th globally on the Henley Passport Index, showing significant improvement from rank 70 in 2010.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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