How many visa-free countries with a Beninese passport?

60 destinations out of 198 open without a prior application (32 visa-free, 1 with an electronic authorisation, 27 with a visa on arrival). Counting e-visas too, which remain an online application, the total is 98. Data dated 2026-07-17.

Why do websites give different numbers for the Beninese passport?

Because they count different things. Strictly visa-free gives 32 countries; adding electronic authorisations and visas on arrival (the Henley Passport Index count) gives 60; adding e-visas gives 98. An outdated source adds another gap.

What is the rank of the Beninese passport?

144 out of 199 ranked passports, by destinations reachable without a prior application.

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Visa-free countries with a Beninese passport

60 destinations without a prior application, out of 198.

Rank 144 of 199 passports. Data dated 2026-07-17, 39,402 passport/destination pairs.

Why you read different numbers elsewhere

For the same Beninese passport, websites give totals that don't match. They are not necessarily wrong: they count different things, without saying so. Here are the three definitions, applied to the same data.

Strictly visa-free: 32; You show your passport, nothing else.
No prior application: 60; + electronic authorisation and visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index count, and ours.
Counting e-visas: 98; + e-visa. More flattering, but still an application.

Where the Beninese passport opens doors

Destinations reachable without prior application by region, Beninese passport
Region	Open doors	Countries
Western Europe	0	24
Central & Eastern Europe	0	21
North America	0	3
Latin America & Caribbean	10	32
East Asia	2	8
Southeast Asia	6	11
South Asia	4	8
Central Asia	0	5
Middle East	1	19
North Africa	1	6
West Africa	15	15
East Africa & Horn	10	14
Central Africa	3	9
Southern Africa	4	9
Oceania	4	14

All 198 countries, one by one

Visa-free entry. — 32

Bahamas · 90 days
Barbados · 90 days
Central African Republic · 90 days
Cuba · 90 days
Ecuador · 90 days
Gambia · 90 days
Ghana · 90 days
Haiti · 90 days
Ivory Coast · 90 days
Mauritius · 90 days
Rwanda · 90 days
Senegal · 90 days
Seychelles · 90 days
St. Vincent & Grenadines · 90 days
Tunisia · 90 days
Malaysia · 30 days
Micronesia · 30 days
Philippines · 30 days
Singapore · 30 days
South Africa · 30 days
Dominica · 21 days
Hong Kong · 14 days
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Togo

Electronic authorisation to obtain before departure. — 1

Kenya

Visa issued on arrival. — 27

E-visa to apply for online before leaving. — 38

Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure. — 100

What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave. Source: passport-index-dataset, compiled from IATA Timatic, dated 2026-07-17. Beninese passport, 2026.