Costa Rica passport

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

The Costa Rica passport ranks 63 worldwide, giving access to 130 destinations without a prior visa.

Costa Rica ranks 86 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 95 passports.

Passport rank
63 / 199
Visa-free travel to
130 destinations
Openness rank
86 / 199
Visa-free entry for
95 passports

Visa-free — 91

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela

Visa on arrival — 33

Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Palau, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 6

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Pakistan, South Korea, Suriname, United Kingdom

E-visa — 35

Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Papua New Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam

Visa required — 33

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Eritrea, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Kuwait, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Taiwan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Vanuatu, Yemen