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Sri Lanka Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 41 Countries

The Sri Lanka passport ranks 98th globally in 2025 on the Henley Passport Index, granting visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 41 destinations worldwide. This travel document offers moderate international mobility for Sri Lankan citizens, though it has experienced fluctuating rankings over the past two decades, ranging from 74th position in 2006 to 107th in 2021. While Sri Lankan passport holders face more visa requirements compared to top-tier passports, the document still provides access to key regional destinations and select countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it a valuable tool for business, tourism, and educational travel opportunities.

Global Rank
#98
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
41
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
42
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Sri Lanka passport

19
Visa-Free
19
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
46
E-Visa
139
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Sri Lanka passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

19 countries

  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Thailand flagThailand

🛬 Visa on Arrival

19 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

3 countries

  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

46 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Iran flagIran
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Oman flagOman
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

139 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • 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
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • 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
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • 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
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • 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
  • 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. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • 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
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)

Historical Ranking Trend

Sri Lanka's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 24 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Sri Lanka Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Department of Immigration and Emigration - Sri Lanka
🔗
Sri Lanka Passport Office
🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka
🔗
Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) Sri Lanka
🔗
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

Compare Sri Lanka Passport with Other Passports

See how Sri Lanka's passport compares with other ASIA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka (You are here)
#984142/10031/100
Vietnam flagVietnam#925042/1008/100
Bhutan flagBhutan#925015/1008/100
Cambodia flagCambodia#925042/10046/100
Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan#93488/10014/100
Laos flagLaos#954628/10052/100

*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, Sri Lankan passport holders can visit 41 countries and territories without a prior visa. This includes 18 visa-free destinations (such as Singapore, Barbados, Haiti, and Rwanda), 19 visa-on-arrival destinations (including Maldives, Nepal, Cambodia, and Mauritius), and 3 electronic travel authorization destinations (Kenya, Seychelles, and St. Kitts and Nevis). Sri Lanka ranks 98th globally on the Henley Passport Index.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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