Rank, score and destinations reachable with the South Africa passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.
The South Africa passport ranks 97 worldwide, giving access to 99 destinations without a prior visa.
South Africa ranks 132 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 86 passports.
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Armenia, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu
Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Korea
Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, India, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Yemen