How many visa-free countries with a Congolese (DRC) passport?

43 destinations out of 198 open without a prior application (16 visa-free, 1 with an electronic authorisation, 26 with a visa on arrival). Counting e-visas too, which remain an online application, the total is 85. Data dated 2026-07-17.

Why do websites give different numbers for the Congolese (DRC) passport?

Because they count different things. Strictly visa-free gives 16 countries; adding electronic authorisations and visas on arrival (the Henley Passport Index count) gives 43; adding e-visas gives 85. An outdated source adds another gap.

What is the rank of the Congolese (DRC) passport?

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

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Visa-free countries with a Congolese (DRC) passport

43 destinations without a prior application, out of 198.

Rank 181 of 199 passports. Data dated 2026-07-17, 39,402 passport/destination pairs.

Why you read different numbers elsewhere

For the same Congolese (DRC) 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: 16; You show your passport, nothing else.
No prior application: 43; + electronic authorisation and visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index count, and ours.
Counting e-visas: 85; + e-visa. More flattering, but still an application.

Where the Congolese (DRC) passport opens doors

Destinations reachable without prior application by region, Congolese (DRC) passport
Region	Open doors	Countries
Western Europe	0	24
Central & Eastern Europe	0	21
North America	0	3
Latin America & Caribbean	5	32
East Asia	1	8
Southeast Asia	4	11
South Asia	4	8
Central Asia	0	5
Middle East	1	19
North Africa	0	6
West Africa	10	16
East Africa & Horn	11	14
Central Africa	0	8
Southern Africa	3	9
Oceania	4	14

All 198 countries, one by one

Visa-free entry. — 16

Barbados · 90 days
Benin · 90 days
Burundi · 90 days
Gambia · 90 days
Haiti · 90 days
Mauritius · 90 days
Rwanda · 90 days
Seychelles · 90 days
St. Vincent & Grenadines · 90 days
Uganda · 90 days
Zimbabwe · 90 days
Micronesia · 30 days
Philippines · 30 days
Singapore · 30 days
Dominica · 21 days
Kenya

Electronic authorisation to obtain before departure. — 1

Ivory Coast

Visa issued on arrival. — 26

Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure. — 113

The Schengen visa, consulate by consulate

40.1% of Schengen visa applications filed there were refused in 2025. Each consulate's rate, and its change:

See refusals by consulate

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. Congolese (DRC) passport, 2026.