South Korea passport

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

The South Korea passport ranks 2 worldwide, giving access to 167 destinations without a prior visa.

South Korea ranks 62 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 110 passports.

Passport rank
2 / 199
Visa-free travel to
167 destinations
Openness rank
62 / 199
Visa-free entry for
110 passports

Visa-free — 116

Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, 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, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa on arrival — 41

Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 10

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

E-visa — 17

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

Visa required — 14

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