How many visa-free countries with a Chinese passport?

83 destinations out of 198 open without a prior application (41 visa-free, 4 with an electronic authorisation, 38 with a visa on arrival). Counting e-visas too, which remain an online application, the total is 112. Data dated 2026-07-17.

Why do websites give different numbers for the Chinese passport?

Because they count different things. Strictly visa-free gives 41 countries; adding electronic authorisations and visas on arrival (the Henley Passport Index count) gives 83; adding e-visas gives 112. An outdated source adds another gap.

What is the rank of the Chinese passport?

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

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Visa-free countries with a Chinese passport

83 destinations without a prior application, out of 198.

Rank 105 of 199 passports. Data dated 2026-07-17, 39,402 passport/destination pairs.

Why you read different numbers elsewhere

For the same Chinese 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: 41; You show your passport, nothing else.
No prior application: 83; + electronic authorisation and visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index count, and ours.
Counting e-visas: 112; + e-visa. More flattering, but still an application.

Where the Chinese passport opens doors

Destinations reachable without prior application by region, Chinese passport
Region	Open doors	Countries
Western Europe	0	24
Central & Eastern Europe	4	21
North America	0	3
Latin America & Caribbean	12	32
East Asia	0	7
Southeast Asia	9	11
South Asia	5	8
Central Asia	2	5
Middle East	13	19
North Africa	3	6
West Africa	8	16
East Africa & Horn	11	14
Central Africa	2	9
Southern Africa	4	9
Oceania	10	14

All 198 countries, one by one

Visa-free entry. — 41

Armenia · 180 days
Dominica · 180 days
Fiji · 120 days
Vanuatu · 120 days
Albania · 90 days
Bahamas · 90 days
Bosnia & Herzegovina · 90 days
Cuba · 90 days
Haiti · 90 days
Kiribati · 90 days
Mauritius · 90 days
Morocco · 90 days
Seychelles · 90 days
St. Kitts & Nevis · 90 days
Tunisia · 90 days
Zambia · 90 days
Thailand · 60 days
St. Lucia · 42 days
Angola · 30 days
Antigua & Barbuda · 30 days
Azerbaijan · 30 days
Barbados · 30 days
Belarus · 30 days
Benin · 30 days
Georgia · 30 days
Grenada · 30 days
Jamaica · 30 days
Kazakhstan · 30 days
Malawi · 30 days
Malaysia · 30 days
Maldives · 30 days
Micronesia · 30 days
Mozambique · 30 days
Qatar · 30 days
Serbia · 30 days
Singapore · 30 days
Suriname · 30 days
United Arab Emirates · 30 days
Iran · 21 days
Uzbekistan · 10 days
Palestine

Electronic authorisation to obtain before departure. — 4

E-visa to apply for online before leaving. — 29

The Schengen visa, consulate by consulate

4.0% 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. Chinese passport, 2026.