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Sierra Leone Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 64 Countries

The Sierra Leone passport currently ranks 79th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 64 destinations worldwide. This West African travel document provides moderate international mobility, with access primarily concentrated in African nations and select countries in Asia and Oceania. While its ranking has fluctuated between 51st and 90th position over the past two decades, the passport maintains steady access to over 60 destinations. Sierra Leonean passport holders benefit from regional travel agreements within ECOWAS member states, though they typically require visas for most European, North American, and other developed nations.

Global Rank
#79
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
64
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
35
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Sierra Leone passport

42
Visa-Free
19
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
33
E-Visa
129
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Sierra Leonean Citizens

Popular destinations where Sierra Leone passport holders can travel without a visa:

CountryMaximum StayCode
Ghana flag
Ghana
Up to 90 daysGH
Nigeria flag
Nigeria
Up to 90 daysNG
Senegal flag
Senegal
Up to 90 daysSN
Gambia flag
Gambia
Up to 90 daysGM
Benin flag
Benin
Up to 90 daysBJ

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Sierra Leone passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

42 countries

  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Niger flagNiger
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Malawi flagMalawi

🛬 Visa on Arrival

19 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Iran flagIran
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

3 countries

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

💻 E-Visa

33 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • 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
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

129 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Angola flagAngola
  • 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
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • 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
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • 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
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • 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
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • 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. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Ecuador flagEcuador

Historical Ranking Trend

Sierra Leone's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 28 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Sierra Leone Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Sierra Leone Immigration Department
🔗
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sierra Leone
🔗
U.S. Embassy in Sierra Leone - Travel Information
🔗
UK Government - Travel Advice for Sierra Leone
🔗
Government of Canada - Travel Advice Sierra Leone
🔗
Australian Government - Travel Advice Sierra Leone

Compare Sierra Leone Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone (You are here)
#796435/10021/100
Lesotho flagLesotho#697545/10064/100
eSwatini flageSwatini#707342/10065/100
Morocco flagMorocco#707342/10065/100
Malawi flagMalawi#717228/10064/100
Kenya flagKenya#737045/10063/100

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

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Sierra Leone passport holders can visit 64 countries visa-free or with visa-on-arrival in 2025. This includes 42 visa-free destinations (such as Singapore, Malaysia, Kenya, Ghana, and most ECOWAS countries) and 19 visa-on-arrival destinations (including Maldives, Cambodia, Bolivia, and Madagascar). The passport ranks 79th globally on the Henley Passport Index.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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