Sri Lanka passport

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

The Sri Lanka passport ranks 185 worldwide, giving access to 43 destinations without a prior visa.

Sri Lanka ranks 20 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 193 passports.

Passport rank
185 / 199
Visa-free travel to
43 destinations
Openness rank
20 / 199
Visa-free entry for
193 passports

Visa-free — 19

Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Gambia, Grenada, Haiti, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Micronesia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Tajikistan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Venezuela

Visa on arrival — 21

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Laos, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nepal, Palau, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 3

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Pakistan

E-visa — 47

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Moldova, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required — 108

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, 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, Vatican City, Yemen