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Africa passport power and visa openness rankings

Two rankings built from the January 2025 Passport Index open data, counting only travel between African countries (each country is compared with the other 53). Score = visa-free plus visa-on-arrival countries. Free to cite with a link back to this page.

Strongest African passports for travel within Africa

#	Passport	Visa-free	On arrival	e-Visa/eTA	Visa needed	Score (of 53)
1	Cabo Verde	22	12	11	8	34
2	Kenya	20	14	9	10	34
3	The Gambia	25	7	11	10	32
4	Ghana	24	8	10	11	32
5	Benin	20	12	14	7	32
6	Seychelles	20	12	12	9	32
7	Rwanda	16	16	11	10	32
8	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	21	10	15	7	31
9	Burkina Faso	20	11	15	7	31
10	Mauritius	20	11	11	11	31
11	Tanzania	20	11	10	12	31
12	South Africa	18	13	12	10	31
13	Tunisia	17	14	13	9	31
14	Senegal	22	8	16	7	30
15	Sierra Leone	22	8	12	11	30
16	Niger	21	9	17	6	30
17	Togo	19	11	14	9	30
18	Morocco	16	14	14	9	30
19	Namibia	16	13	13	11	29
20	Uganda	16	13	11	13	29
21	Equatorial Guinea	12	17	14	10	29
22	Guinea-Bissau	18	10	14	11	28
23	Zimbabwe	18	10	13	12	28
24	Botswana	17	11	13	12	28
25	Eswatini	17	11	13	12	28
26	Guinea	17	11	17	8	28
27	Lesotho	16	12	13	12	28
28	Malawi	16	12	13	12	28
29	Zambia	16	12	13	12	28
30	Gabon	13	15	16	9	28
31	Mali	21	6	17	9	27
32	Liberia	16	10	17	10	26
33	Angola	15	11	15	12	26
34	Mauritania	14	12	18	9	26
35	Chad	13	13	17	10	26
36	Republic of the Congo	12	14	16	11	26
37	Cameroon	11	15	16	11	26
38	Madagascar	11	15	15	12	26
39	Nigeria	18	7	17	11	25
40	Mozambique	14	11	13	15	25
41	Algeria	11	14	18	10	25
42	Central African Republic	11	14	16	12	25
43	São Tomé and Príncipe	6	19	15	13	25
44	Burundi	10	14	14	15	24
45	DR Congo	9	14	15	15	23
46	Comoros	5	18	16	14	23
47	South Sudan	9	12	15	17	21
48	Egypt	6	15	17	15	21
49	Djibouti	6	14	18	15	20
50	Ethiopia	4	16	19	14	20
51	Libya	7	12	19	15	19
52	Eritrea	5	14	19	15	19
53	Sudan	5	12	19	17	17
54	Somalia	5	9	21	18	14

Most open African countries to other Africans

#	Destination	Visa-free	On arrival	e-Visa/eTA	Visa needed	Score (of 53)
1	Benin	53	0	0	0	53
2	Seychelles	53	0	0	0	53
3	The Gambia	53	0	0	0	53
4	Ghana	26	27	0	0	53
5	Cabo Verde	17	36	0	0	53
6	Nigeria	17	36	0	0	53
7	Guinea-Bissau	14	39	0	0	53
8	Mauritania	8	45	0	0	53
9	Burundi	6	47	0	0	53
10	Comoros	0	53	0	0	53
11	Rwanda	52	0	1	0	52
12	Djibouti	0	52	1	0	52
13	Madagascar	0	52	0	1	52
14	Mozambique	12	39	2	0	51
15	Mauritius	26	21	0	6	47
16	Senegal	22	25	0	6	47
17	Ethiopia	2	45	6	0	47
18	Tanzania	19	22	12	0	41
19	Namibia	13	26	0	14	39
20	Sierra Leone	15	15	23	0	30
21	Burkina Faso	17	11	25	0	28
22	Zimbabwe	17	10	26	0	27
23	Malawi	16	11	26	0	27
24	Zambia	14	11	28	0	25
25	Mali	20	2	0	31	22
26	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	21	0	32	0	21
27	Tunisia	21	0	0	32	21
28	Uganda	21	0	32	0	21
29	Guinea	20	0	33	0	20
30	South Africa	20	0	16	17	20
31	Angola	18	0	0	35	18
32	Niger	18	0	0	35	18
33	Botswana	17	0	36	0	17
34	Eswatini	17	0	0	36	17
35	Lesotho	15	1	35	2	16
36	Togo	15	0	38	0	15
37	Chad	14	1	0	38	15
38	Liberia	14	0	0	39	14
39	Republic of the Congo	5	9	0	39	14
40	Central African Republic	13	0	0	40	13
41	Somalia	0	10	43	0	10
42	Gabon	9	0	44	0	9
43	São Tomé and Príncipe	9	0	44	0	9
44	Morocco	8	0	3	42	8
45	Cameroon	7	0	46	0	7
46	Kenya	7	0	46	0	7
47	DR Congo	4	3	46	0	7
48	Algeria	5	0	0	48	5
49	South Sudan	3	2	48	0	5
50	Egypt	0	5	0	48	5
51	Eritrea	2	2	0	49	4
52	Equatorial Guinea	2	0	51	0	2
53	Libya	2	0	49	2	2
54	Sudan	0	1	0	52	1

African passports ranked for travel beyond Africa

Score = visa-free plus visa-on-arrival access among 145 non-African countries.

#	Passport	Visa-free	On arrival	e-Visa/eTA	Visa needed	Score (of 145)
1	Seychelles	80	18	20	27	98
2	Mauritius	75	16	25	29	91
3	South Africa	42	20	22	61	62
4	Botswana	30	13	23	79	43
5	Lesotho	28	13	24	80	41
6	Eswatini	26	14	26	79	40
7	Namibia	26	14	24	81	40
8	Malawi	25	14	24	82	39
9	Morocco	22	17	26	80	39
10	Tunisia	19	17	25	84	36
11	Tanzania	23	12	23	87	35
12	Zambia	22	12	24	87	34
13	Kenya	19	15	26	85	34
14	São Tomé and Príncipe	19	15	24	87	34
15	Uganda	19	15	25	86	34
16	Ghana	18	14	30	83	32
17	The Gambia	18	14	27	86	32
18	Zimbabwe	18	13	25	89	31
19	Madagascar	16	14	25	90	30
20	Cabo Verde	15	15	26	89	30
21	Sierra Leone	17	12	26	90	29
22	Egypt	13	16	29	87	29
23	Rwanda	12	17	27	89	29
24	Mozambique	13	15	27	90	28
25	Gabon	13	14	28	90	27
26	Benin	12	15	25	93	27
27	Comoros	11	16	27	91	27
28	Algeria	10	17	29	89	27
29	Mauritania	11	15	26	93	26
30	Equatorial Guinea	10	15	27	93	25
31	Togo	10	15	28	92	25
32	Djibouti	9	16	30	90	25
33	Burkina Faso	10	14	27	94	24
34	Guinea	10	14	28	93	24
35	Senegal	10	14	30	91	24
36	Central African Republic	9	14	28	94	23
37	Chad	9	14	26	96	23
38	Mali	9	13	28	95	22
39	Niger	9	13	27	96	22
40	Burundi	8	14	29	94	22
41	Ethiopia	7	15	28	95	22
42	Guinea-Bissau	8	13	29	95	21
43	South Sudan	8	13	27	97	21
44	Angola	7	14	32	92	21
45	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	7	14	32	92	21
46	Sudan	7	14	27	97	21
47	Cameroon	9	11	31	94	20
48	Liberia	8	11	28	98	19
49	DR Congo	7	12	28	98	19
50	Republic of the Congo	7	12	30	96	19
51	Eritrea	6	13	32	94	19
52	Libya	6	13	28	98	19
53	Somalia	6	12	25	102	18
54	Nigeria	8	9	28	100	17

Cite as: "Globe2Me Africa Visa Checker, January 2025 data" with a link to https://globe2me.com/africa-visa-checker/rankings/. Download the raw data on the open data page.