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Visa-free countries with a German passport
160 destinations without a prior application, out of 198.
Rank 6 of 199 passports. Data dated 2026-02-17, 39,402 passport/destination pairs.
Why you read different numbers elsewhere
For the same German 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
- 122
- You show your passport, nothing else.
- No prior application
- 160
- + electronic authorisation and visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index count, and ours.
- Counting e-visas
- 184
- + e-visa. More flattering, but still an application.
Where the German passport opens doors
| Region | Open doors | Countries |
|---|---|---|
| Western Europe | 23 | 23 |
| Central & Eastern Europe | 20 | 21 |
| North America | 3 | 3 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 31 | 32 |
| East Asia | 7 | 8 |
| Southeast Asia | 10 | 11 |
| South Asia | 4 | 8 |
| Central Asia | 4 | 5 |
| Middle East | 15 | 19 |
| North Africa | 3 | 6 |
| West Africa | 6 | 16 |
| East Africa & Horn | 10 | 14 |
| Central Africa | 2 | 9 |
| Southern Africa | 9 | 9 |
| Oceania | 13 | 14 |
All 198 countries, one by one
Visa-free entry. — 122
- Georgia · 360 days
- Antigua & Barbuda · 180 days
- Armenia · 180 days
- Costa Rica · 180 days
- Dominica · 180 days
- El Salvador · 180 days
- Mexico · 180 days
- Fiji · 120 days
- Tunisia · 120 days
- Vanuatu · 120 days
- Albania · 90 days
- Argentina · 90 days
- Bahamas · 90 days
- Barbados · 90 days
- Bolivia · 90 days
- Bosnia & Herzegovina · 90 days
- Botswana · 90 days
- Brazil · 90 days
- Brunei · 90 days
- Chile · 90 days
- Colombia · 90 days
- Ecuador · 90 days
- Gambia · 90 days
- Grenada · 90 days
- Guatemala · 90 days
- Guyana · 90 days
- Haiti · 90 days
- Honduras · 90 days
- Hong Kong · 90 days
- Jamaica · 90 days
- Japan · 90 days
- Kiribati · 90 days
- Kosovo · 90 days
- Macau · 90 days
- Malaysia · 90 days
- Marshall Islands · 90 days
- Mauritius · 90 days
- Micronesia · 90 days
- Moldova · 90 days
- Montenegro · 90 days
- Morocco · 90 days
- Nicaragua · 90 days
- North Macedonia · 90 days
- Palau · 90 days
- Panama · 90 days
- Paraguay · 90 days
- Peru · 90 days
- Samoa · 90 days
- Senegal · 90 days
- Serbia · 90 days
- Seychelles · 90 days
- Singapore · 90 days
- Solomon Islands · 90 days
- South Africa · 90 days
- South Korea · 90 days
- St. Lucia · 90 days
- St. Vincent & Grenadines · 90 days
- Taiwan · 90 days
- Timor-Leste · 90 days
- Tonga · 90 days
- Trinidad & Tobago · 90 days
- Turkey · 90 days
- Tuvalu · 90 days
- Ukraine · 90 days
- United Arab Emirates · 90 days
- Uruguay · 90 days
- Venezuela · 90 days
- Zambia · 90 days
- Kyrgyzstan · 60 days
- Thailand · 60 days
- Vietnam · 45 days
- Angola · 30 days
- Belarus · 30 days
- Cape Verde · 30 days
- China · 30 days
- Dominican Republic · 30 days
- Eswatini · 30 days
- Kazakhstan · 30 days
- Malawi · 30 days
- Mongolia · 30 days
- Mozambique · 30 days
- Philippines · 30 days
- Tajikistan · 30 days
- Uzbekistan · 30 days
- São Tomé & Príncipe · 15 days
- Lesotho · 14 days
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Palestine
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Vatican City
Electronic authorisation to obtain before departure. — 11
Visa issued on arrival. — 27
E-visa to apply for online before leaving. — 24
Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure. — 14
Layovers on a German passport: where a transit visa is required
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- Turkish passport
- Sri Lankan passport
- Nepali passport
- Ukrainian passport
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-data, compiled from passportindex.org, dated 2026-02-17. German passport, 2026.