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Papua New Guinea Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 85 Countries

The Papua New Guinea passport currently ranks 62nd globally in 2025, providing visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 85 destinations worldwide. This passport offers moderate international mobility for Papua New Guinean citizens, with access primarily concentrated in Pacific Island nations, select Asian countries, and several other regions. While the ranking has fluctuated between 53rd and 70th position since 2006, the number of visa-free destinations has steadily increased from 41 to 85, reflecting improved diplomatic relations and travel agreements. Papua New Guinea passport holders benefit from growing travel opportunities, though many major destinations still require advance visa applications.

Global Rank
#62
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
85
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
28
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Papua New Guinea passport

49
Visa-Free
30
On Arrival
6
ETA Required
36
E-Visa
105
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Papua New Guinean Citizens

Popular destinations where Papua New Guinea passport holders can travel without a visa:

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

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Papua New Guinea passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

49 countries

  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena

🛬 Visa on Arrival

30 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

6 countries

  • Canada flagCanada
  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

36 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • 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
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • 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
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • 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

105 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • 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
  • 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 West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • 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
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • 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
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • 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
  • Kuwait flagKuwait

Historical Ranking Trend

Papua New Guinea's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 6 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Papua New Guinea Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Papua New Guinea Immigration & Citizenship Authority
🔗
Papua New Guinea Department of Foreign Affairs

Compare Papua New Guinea Passport with Other Passports

See how Papua New Guinea's passport compares with other OCEANIA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea (You are here)
#628528/10038/100
Vanuatu flagVanuatu#579042/10043/100
Fiji flagFiji#588962/10042/100
Nauru flagNauru#618628/10039/100

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

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Papua New Guinea passport holders can access 85 destinations without a prior visa in 2025. This includes 50 visa-free destinations, 29 visa-on-arrival countries, and 6 destinations requiring electronic travel authorization. The passport ranks 62nd globally on the Henley Passport Index, showing steady improvement from 41 visa-free destinations in 2006.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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