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Passport power in Africa

The Seychellois passport is the strongest in Africa, reaching 135 destinations without a prior visa. Here is every Africa passport ranked, and a map shaded by the same score.

Map of Africa with each country shaded by its passport's visa-free access

Every Africa passport, ranked

Score = destinations reachable without a prior visa (visa-free, visa on arrival, or ETA), out of 198. Linked passports have a full requirement checker.

  1. the Seychelles 135
  2. Mauritius 128
  3. South Africa 98
  4. Botswana 77
  5. Lesotho 73
  6. Namibia 72
  7. Eswatini 71
  8. Morocco 71
  9. Kenya 70
  10. Tunisia 70
  11. Malawi 69
  12. Tanzania 68
  13. Ghana 66
  14. Zambia 66
  15. Cape Verde 65
  16. the Gambia 65
  17. Rwanda 64
  18. Uganda 64
  19. Sao Tome and Principe 61
  20. Zimbabwe 61
  21. Benin 60
  22. Sierra Leone 60
  23. Madagascar 58
  24. Gabon 57
  25. Burkina Faso 56
  26. Equatorial Guinea 56
  27. Mozambique 56
  28. Togo 56
  29. Senegal 55
  30. Algeria 54
  31. Guinea 54
  32. Ivory Coast 53
  33. Mauritania 53
  34. Niger 53
  35. Egypt 52
  36. the Comoros 52
  37. Mali 51
  38. Angola 50
  39. Chad 50
  40. Guinea-Bissau 50
  41. the Central African Republic 49
  42. Cameroon 48
  43. Burundi 47
  44. Djibouti 47
  45. the Republic of the Congo 47
  46. Liberia 46
  47. Ethiopia 44
  48. Nigeria 43
  49. South Sudan 43
  50. the Democratic Republic of the Congo 43
  51. Eritrea 40
  52. Libya 40
  53. Sudan 40
  54. Somalia 33