Bhutan passport

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

The Bhutan passport ranks 162 worldwide, giving access to 53 destinations without a prior visa.

Bhutan ranks 195 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 3 passports.

Passport rank
162 / 199
Visa-free travel to
53 destinations
Openness rank
195 / 199
Visa-free entry for
3 passports

Visa-free — 17

Bangladesh, Barbados, Colombia, Dominica, Ecuador, Gambia, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Micronesia, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Thailand

Visa on arrival — 33

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 3

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 45

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required — 100

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