Laos passport

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

The Laos passport ranks 172 worldwide, giving access to 49 destinations without a prior visa.

Laos ranks 33 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 170 passports.

Passport rank
172 / 199
Visa-free travel to
49 destinations
Openness rank
33 / 199
Visa-free entry for
170 passports

Visa-free — 20

Brunei, Cambodia, Dominica, Ecuador, Gambia, Haiti, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Visa on arrival — 25

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Kuwait, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Palau, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 4

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Suriname, Taiwan

E-visa — 46

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

Visa required — 103

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, 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, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, 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, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen