United Arab Emirates passport

Rank, score and destinations reachable with the United Arab Emirates passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.

The United Arab Emirates passport ranks 1 worldwide, giving access to 170 destinations without a prior visa.

United Arab Emirates ranks 128 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 89 passports.

Passport rank
1 / 199
Visa-free travel to
170 destinations
Openness rank
128 / 199
Visa-free entry for
89 passports

Visa-free — 128

Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Zambia

Visa on arrival — 36

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Laos, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Palau, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 6

Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, New Zealand, Suriname, United Kingdom

E-visa — 15

Australia, Benin, Bhutan, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Sudan, Taiwan, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam

Visa required — 13

Afghanistan, Algeria, Belize, Eritrea, Eswatini, Liberia, Myanmar, Niger, North Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United States, Venezuela