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Passport power in Africa

The Seychellois passport is the strongest in Africa, reaching 138 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 219. Linked passports have a full requirement checker.

  1. the Seychelles 138
  2. Mauritius 133
  3. South Africa ↗ 83
  4. Botswana 71
  5. Lesotho 66
  6. Eswatini 64
  7. Malawi 61
  8. Namibia 61
  9. Ghana 60
  10. Tanzania 60
  11. Morocco 59
  12. Zambia 59
  13. the Gambia 58
  14. Tunisia 58
  15. Cape Verde 55
  16. Kenya 55
  17. Mozambique 53
  18. Sierra Leone 53
  19. Rwanda 52
  20. Sao Tome and Principe 52
  21. Uganda 52
  22. Zimbabwe 51
  23. Gabon 50
  24. Benin 49
  25. Ivory Coast 49
  26. Togo 49
  27. Madagascar 47
  28. Burkina Faso 46
  29. Senegal 46
  30. Algeria 45
  31. Guinea 45
  32. Mauritania 45
  33. Equatorial Guinea 44
  34. Guinea-Bissau 43
  35. Mali 43
  36. Niger 43
  37. the Comoros 42
  38. Chad 41
  39. Egypt 41
  40. Liberia 41
  41. Angola 40
  42. Djibouti 40
  43. the Central African Republic 40
  44. the Republic of the Congo 40
  45. Burundi 38
  46. Cameroon 38
  47. Nigeria 38
  48. the Democratic Republic of the Congo 34
  49. Libya 33
  50. South Sudan 33
  51. Eritrea 32
  52. Sudan 32
  53. Ethiopia 31
  54. Somalia 27