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Rwanda Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 65 Countries

The Rwanda passport ranks 78th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 65 destinations worldwide. This East African travel document has shown steady improvement in global mobility over the past two decades, climbing from 73rd position in 2006 with only 23 visa-free destinations to its current standing. While Rwandan passport holders still face travel restrictions compared to top-tier passports, the document provides moderate international mobility, particularly within the African continent and select countries that have established favorable diplomatic relations with Rwanda.

Global Rank
#78
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
65
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
45
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Rwanda passport

35
Visa-Free
27
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
30
E-Visa
131
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Rwandan Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
Kenya flag
Kenya
Up to 90 daysKE
Uganda flag
Uganda
Up to 90 daysUG
Tanzania flag
Tanzania
Up to 90 daysTZ
Ghana flag
Ghana
Up to 60 daysGH
Philippines flag
Philippines
Up to 30 daysPH

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Rwanda passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

35 countries

  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • Liberia flagLiberia

🛬 Visa on Arrival

27 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Mali flagMali
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

3 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

30 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Oman flagOman
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Bhutan flagBhutan

❌ Visa Required

131 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Chad flagChad
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • 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
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • 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
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • 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
  • 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
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Rwanda's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 5 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Rwanda Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Rwanda Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration
🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - Rwanda
🔗
Rwanda Development Board - Visa Information
🔗
iRembo - Rwanda Online Services (Passport Applications)

Compare Rwanda Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Rwanda flagRwanda (You are here)
#786545/10062/100
Namibia flagNamibia#687745/10066/100
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:

As of 2025, Rwandan passport holders can access 65 destinations visa-free. The Rwanda passport ranks 78th globally on the Henley Passport Index. Visa-free destinations include Singapore, Qatar, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Philippines, Ecuador, Mauritius, and various African and Caribbean nations. Additionally, 27 countries offer visa-on-arrival, and 30 countries provide e-visa options.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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