Papua New Guinea passport

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

The Papua New Guinea passport ranks 117 worldwide, giving access to 75 destinations without a prior visa.

Papua New Guinea ranks 84 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 97 passports.

Passport rank
117 / 199
Visa-free travel to
75 destinations
Openness rank
84 / 199
Visa-free entry for
97 passports

Visa-free — 38

Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Haiti, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamaica, Kiribati, Kosovo, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu

Visa on arrival — 32

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 5

Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Suriname, United Kingdom

E-visa — 38

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa required — 85

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen