South Sudan passport

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

The South Sudan passport ranks 181 worldwide, giving access to 44 destinations without a prior visa.

South Sudan ranks 192 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 5 passports.

Passport rank
181 / 199
Visa-free travel to
44 destinations
Openness rank
192 / 199
Visa-free entry for
5 passports

Visa-free — 18

Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Dominica, Gambia, Haiti, Kenya, Malaysia, Micronesia, Palestine, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Visa on arrival — 24

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Palau, Samoa, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 2

Côte d'Ivoire, Suriname

E-visa — 40

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Syria, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required — 113

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

Entry refused — 1

United Arab Emirates