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Vanuatu Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 90 Countries

The Vanuatu passport currently ranks 57th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 90 destinations worldwide. This Pacific Island nation's travel document provides moderate international mobility, particularly useful for travel within Oceania, parts of Asia, and select European countries. While the passport has experienced ranking fluctuations over the years—peaking at 36th place in 2022 with access to 135 countries—it remains a viable option for those seeking alternative citizenship and enhanced travel freedom. The Vanuatu passport appeals to investors and individuals looking for increased global mobility through its citizenship-by-investment program.

Global Rank
#57
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
90
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
42
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Vanuatu passport

55
Visa-Free
30
On Arrival
5
ETA Required
38
E-Visa
98
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Ni-Vanuatu Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
United Kingdom flag
United Kingdom
Up to 180 daysGB
Singapore flag
Singapore
Up to 30 daysSG
Hong Kong flag
Hong Kong
Up to 90 daysHK
Malaysia flag
Malaysia
Up to 30 daysMY
Ireland flag
Ireland
Up to 90 daysIE

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Vanuatu passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

55 countries

  • Belize flagBelize
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena

🛬 Visa on Arrival

30 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
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Namibia flagNamibia

🔐 ETA Required

5 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation

💻 E-Visa

38 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • 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

98 countries

  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • 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
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Romania flagRomania
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • 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)
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Norway flagNorway
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Bermuda flagBermuda

Historical Ranking Trend

Vanuatu's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 6 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Vanuatu Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Vanuatu Department of Immigration and Passport Services
🔗
Vanuatu Ministry of Internal Affairs
🔗
Vanuatu Prime Minister's Office - Travel Advisory

Compare Vanuatu Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Vanuatu flagVanuatu (You are here)
#579042/10043/100
Micronesia flagMicronesia#4712242/10053/100
Palau Islands flagPalau Islands#4712248/10053/100
Fiji flagFiji#588962/10042/100
Nauru flagNauru#618628/10039/100
Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea#628528/10038/100

*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, Vanuatu passport holders can access 90 destinations without a prior visa. This includes 53 visa-free countries, 29 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 8 electronic travel authorization countries. However, this represents a significant decline from 135 destinations in 2022, dropping Vanuatu's global ranking from 36th to 57th place due to visa policy changes by several countries.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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