United Kingdom passport

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

The United Kingdom passport ranks 19 worldwide, giving access to 164 destinations without a prior visa.

United Kingdom ranks 131 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 88 passports.

Passport rank
19 / 199
Visa-free travel to
164 destinations
Openness rank
131 / 199
Visa-free entry for
88 passports

Visa-free — 118

Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa on arrival — 37

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 9

Australia, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, United States

E-visa — 17

Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, India, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda

Visa required — 17

Afghanistan, Algeria, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Honduras, Iran, Liberia, Mali, Nauru, Niger, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Yemen