Benin passport

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

The Benin passport ranks 143 worldwide, giving access to 61 destinations without a prior visa.

Benin ranks 162 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 57 passports.

Passport rank
143 / 199
Visa-free travel to
61 destinations
Openness rank
162 / 199
Visa-free entry for
57 passports

Visa-free — 32

Bahamas, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hong Kong, Liberia, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Micronesia, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia

Visa on arrival — 27

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Iran, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Republic of the Congo, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 2

Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 38

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required — 99

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen