How many visa-free countries with a Indian passport?

55 destinations out of 198 open without a prior application (26 visa-free, 4 with an electronic authorisation, 25 with a visa on arrival). Counting e-visas too, which remain an online application, the total is 110. Data dated 2026-02-17.

Why do websites give different numbers for the Indian passport?

Because they count different things. Strictly visa-free gives 26 countries; adding electronic authorisations and visas on arrival (the Henley Passport Index count) gives 55; adding e-visas gives 110. An outdated source adds another gap.

What is the rank of the Indian passport?

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

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Visa-free countries with a Indian passport

55 destinations without a prior application, out of 198.

Rank 150 of 199 passports. Data dated 2026-02-17, 39,402 passport/destination pairs.

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Why you read different numbers elsewhere

For the same Indian 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: 26; You show your passport, nothing else.
No prior application: 55; + electronic authorisation and visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index count, and ours.
Counting e-visas: 110; + e-visa. More flattering, but still an application.

Where the Indian passport opens doors

Destinations reachable without prior application by region, Indian passport
Region	Open doors	Countries
Western Europe	0	24
Central & Eastern Europe	0	21
North America	0	3
Latin America & Caribbean	9	32
East Asia	2	8
Southeast Asia	8	11
South Asia	4	7
Central Asia	1	5
Middle East	4	19
North Africa	0	6
West Africa	6	16
East Africa & Horn	10	14
Central Africa	1	9
Southern Africa	1	9
Oceania	9	14

All 198 countries, one by one

Visa-free entry. — 26

Dominica · 180 days
Fiji · 120 days
Vanuatu · 120 days
Barbados · 90 days
Gambia · 90 days
Grenada · 90 days
Haiti · 90 days
Kiribati · 90 days
Malaysia · 90 days
Maldives · 90 days
Mauritius · 90 days
Senegal · 90 days
Seychelles · 90 days
St. Vincent & Grenadines · 90 days
Trinidad & Tobago · 90 days
Thailand · 60 days
Angola · 30 days
Macau · 30 days
Micronesia · 30 days
Rwanda · 30 days
Bhutan · 14 days
Kazakhstan · 14 days
Philippines · 14 days
Jamaica
Nepal
Palestine

Electronic authorisation to obtain before departure. — 4

Visa issued on arrival. — 25

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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. Indian passport, 2026.