Sierra Leone passport

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

The Sierra Leone passport ranks 143 worldwide, giving access to 61 destinations without a prior visa.

Sierra Leone ranks 49 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 126 passports.

Passport rank
143 / 199
Visa-free travel to
61 destinations
Openness rank
49 / 199
Visa-free entry for
126 passports

Visa-free — 39

Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Micronesia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu

Visa on arrival — 20

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Iran, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 2

Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 37

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required — 100

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, 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, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen