São Tomé and Príncipe passport

Rank, score and destinations reachable with the São Tomé and Príncipe passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.

The São Tomé and Príncipe passport ranks 141 worldwide, giving access to 62 destinations without a prior visa.

São Tomé and Príncipe ranks 162 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 57 passports.

Passport rank
141 / 199
Visa-free travel to
62 destinations
Openness rank
162 / 199
Visa-free entry for
57 passports

Visa-free — 26

Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gambia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Malaysia, Micronesia, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Togo

Visa on arrival — 33

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 3

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 37

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required — 99

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, 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