Ethiopia passport

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

The Ethiopia passport ranks 179 worldwide, giving access to 45 destinations without a prior visa.

Ethiopia ranks 57 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 116 passports.

Passport rank
179 / 199
Visa-free travel to
45 destinations
Openness rank
57 / 199
Visa-free entry for
116 passports

Visa-free — 12

Barbados, Benin, Dominica, Gambia, Haiti, Micronesia, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Togo

Visa on arrival — 30

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 3

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 45

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa required — 108

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