North Korea passport

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

The North Korea passport ranks 188 worldwide, giving access to 41 destinations without a prior visa.

North Korea ranks 197 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 0 passports.

Passport rank
188 / 199
Visa-free travel to
41 destinations
Openness rank
197 / 199
Visa-free entry for
0 passports

Visa-free — 9

Dominica, Gambia, Guyana, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Palestine, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles

Visa on arrival — 29

Armenia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Rwanda, Samoa, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 3

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 47

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required — 108

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen

Entry refused — 2

Japan, Sri Lanka