New Zealand passport

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

The New Zealand passport ranks 26 worldwide, giving access to 162 destinations without a prior visa.

New Zealand ranks 159 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 61 passports.

Passport rank
26 / 199
Visa-free travel to
162 destinations
Openness rank
159 / 199
Visa-free entry for
61 passports

Visa-free — 115

Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, 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, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Zambia

Visa on arrival — 40

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Palau, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 7

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

E-visa — 21

Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, India, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam

Visa required — 15

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