Democratic Republic of the Congo passport

Rank, score and destinations reachable with the Democratic Republic of the Congo passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo passport ranks 181 worldwide, giving access to 44 destinations without a prior visa.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 187 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 7 passports.

Passport rank
181 / 199
Visa-free travel to
44 destinations
Openness rank
187 / 199
Visa-free entry for
7 passports

Visa-free — 17

Barbados, Benin, Burundi, Dominica, Gambia, Haiti, Kenya, Mauritius, Micronesia, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival — 25

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Palau, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 2

Côte d'Ivoire, Suriname

E-visa — 41

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Vietnam

Visa required — 112

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, 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, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen

Entry refused — 1

United Arab Emirates