Ireland passport

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

The Ireland passport ranks 14 worldwide, giving access to 165 destinations without a prior visa.

Ireland ranks 137 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 82 passports.

Passport rank
14 / 199
Visa-free travel to
165 destinations
Openness rank
137 / 199
Visa-free entry for
82 passports

Visa-free — 120

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, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, 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, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 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, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Zambia

Visa on arrival — 37

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

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 8

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

E-visa — 19

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

Visa required — 14

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