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Zambia Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 66 Countries

The Zambia passport ranks 77th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 66 destinations worldwide. This travel document provides Zambian citizens with moderate international mobility, particularly within African regional communities and select countries across other continents. While the passport's ranking has fluctuated between the 50s and 70s over the past two decades, it maintains consistent access to key destinations for business, tourism, and diplomatic travel. Zambian passport holders benefit from regional agreements that facilitate easier travel within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and other African Union member states.

Global Rank
#77
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
66
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
42
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Zambia passport

43
Visa-Free
20
On Arrival
3
ETA Required
37
E-Visa
123
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Zambian Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
Kenya flag
Kenya
Up to 90 daysKE
South Africa flag
South Africa
Up to 90 daysZA
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
Up to 90 daysMU
Botswana flag
Botswana
Up to 90 daysBW
Malawi flag
Malawi
Up to 90 daysMW

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Zambia passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

43 countries

  • Angola flagAngola
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • 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
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Ghana flagGhana

🛬 Visa on Arrival

20 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • 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

37 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Oman flagOman
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • India flagIndia
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • 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

123 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • 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
  • Canada flagCanada
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mali flagMali
  • 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 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 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
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait

Historical Ranking Trend

Zambia's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 24 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Zambia Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Zambia Department of Immigration
🔗
Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security - Zambia
🔗
Zambian Missions Abroad
🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Zambia

Compare Zambia Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Zambia flagZambia (You are here)
#776642/10061/100
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, Zambian passport holders can access 66 destinations without a prior visa. This includes 43 visa-free countries, 20 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 3 electronic travel authorization (ETA) countries. The Zambian passport ranks 77th globally on the Henley Passport Index 2025, down from rank 71 in 2024.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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