Vatican City passport

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

The Vatican City passport ranks 57 worldwide, giving access to 136 destinations without a prior visa.

Vatican City ranks 88 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 93 passports.

Passport rank
57 / 199
Visa-free travel to
136 destinations
Openness rank
88 / 199
Visa-free entry for
93 passports

Visa-free — 95

Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu

Visa on arrival — 34

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 7

Australia, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Suriname

E-visa — 28

Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Iraq, Lesotho, Libya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa required — 34

Afghanistan, Algeria, Barbados, Brunei, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Eritrea, Guyana, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Niger, North Korea, Paraguay, Republic of the Congo, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United States, Venezuela, Yemen