Entry right
Visa-free countries with a US passport
159 destinations without a prior application, out of 198.
Rank 32 of 199 passports. Data dated 2026-07-17, 39,402 passport/destination pairs.
Why you read different numbers elsewhere
For the same US 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
- 116
- You show your passport, nothing else.
- No prior application
- 159
- + electronic authorisation and visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index count, and ours.
- Counting e-visas
- 179
- + e-visa. More flattering, but still an application.
Where the US passport opens doors
| Region | Open doors | Countries |
|---|---|---|
| Western Europe | 24 | 24 |
| Central & Eastern Europe | 19 | 21 |
| North America | 2 | 2 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 29 | 32 |
| East Asia | 6 | 8 |
| Southeast Asia | 9 | 11 |
| South Asia | 5 | 8 |
| Central Asia | 3 | 5 |
| Middle East | 15 | 19 |
| North Africa | 3 | 6 |
| West Africa | 9 | 16 |
| East Africa & Horn | 11 | 14 |
| Central Africa | 2 | 9 |
| Southern Africa | 9 | 9 |
| Oceania | 13 | 14 |
All 198 countries, one by one
Visa-free entry. — 116
- Albania · 360 days
- Georgia · 360 days
- Palau · 360 days
- Bahamas · 240 days
- Antigua & Barbuda · 180 days
- Armenia · 180 days
- Barbados · 180 days
- Belize · 180 days
- Canada · 180 days
- Costa Rica · 180 days
- Dominica · 180 days
- El Salvador · 180 days
- Jamaica · 180 days
- Mexico · 180 days
- Panama · 180 days
- Peru · 180 days
- St. Kitts & Nevis · 180 days
- St. Vincent & Grenadines · 180 days
- Fiji · 120 days
- Tunisia · 120 days
- Vanuatu · 120 days
- Andorra · 90 days
- Argentina · 90 days
- Austria · 90 days
- Belgium · 90 days
- Bosnia & Herzegovina · 90 days
- Botswana · 90 days
- Brazil · 90 days
- Brunei · 90 days
- Bulgaria · 90 days
- Chile · 90 days
- Croatia · 90 days
- Cyprus · 90 days
- Czech Republic · 90 days
- Denmark · 90 days
- Ecuador · 90 days
- Estonia · 90 days
- Finland · 90 days
- France · 90 days
- Germany · 90 days
- Greece · 90 days
- Grenada · 90 days
- Guatemala · 90 days
- Guyana · 90 days
- Haiti · 90 days
- Honduras · 90 days
- Hong Kong · 90 days
- Hungary · 90 days
- Iceland · 90 days
- Ireland · 90 days
- Israel · 90 days
- Italy · 90 days
- Japan · 90 days
- Kiribati · 90 days
- Kosovo · 90 days
- Latvia · 90 days
- Liechtenstein · 90 days
- Lithuania · 90 days
- Luxembourg · 90 days
- Malta · 90 days
- Mauritius · 90 days
- Moldova · 90 days
- Monaco · 90 days
- Mongolia · 90 days
- Montenegro · 90 days
- Morocco · 90 days
- Namibia · 90 days
- Netherlands · 90 days
- Nicaragua · 90 days
- North Macedonia · 90 days
- Norway · 90 days
- Paraguay · 90 days
- Poland · 90 days
- Portugal · 90 days
- Qatar · 90 days
- Romania · 90 days
- San Marino · 90 days
- Senegal · 90 days
- Serbia · 90 days
- Seychelles · 90 days
- Slovakia · 90 days
- Slovenia · 90 days
- South Africa · 90 days
- South Korea · 90 days
- Spain · 90 days
- Sweden · 90 days
- Switzerland · 90 days
- Taiwan · 90 days
- Trinidad & Tobago · 90 days
- Ukraine · 90 days
- Uruguay · 90 days
- Vatican City · 90 days
- Zambia · 90 days
- Kyrgyzstan · 60 days
- Thailand · 60 days
- St. Lucia · 42 days
- Angola · 30 days
- Cape Verde · 30 days
- Eswatini · 30 days
- Kazakhstan · 30 days
- Macau · 30 days
- Malawi · 30 days
- Micronesia · 30 days
- Mozambique · 30 days
- Philippines · 30 days
- Tajikistan · 30 days
- United Arab Emirates · 30 days
- São Tomé & Príncipe · 15 days
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Lesotho
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Palestine
- Singapore
- Turkey
Electronic authorisation to obtain before departure. — 7
Visa issued on arrival. — 36
E-visa to apply for online before leaving. — 20
Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure. — 19
Other passports
- French passport
- Belgian passport
- Swiss passport
- Luxembourgish passport
- Monegasque passport
- Moroccan passport
- Algerian passport
- Tunisian passport
- Senegalese passport
- Ivorian passport
- Cameroonian passport
- Malian passport
- Burkinabè passport
- Nigerien passport
- Togolese passport
- Beninese passport
- Gabonese passport
- Congolese (DRC) passport
- Malagasy passport
- Mauritian passport
- Canadian passport
- Haitian passport
- British passport
- Irish passport
- Australian passport
- New Zealand passport
- South African passport
- Indian passport
- Nigerian passport
- German passport
- Spanish passport
- Italian passport
- Dutch passport
- Portuguese passport
- Brazilian passport
- Mexican passport
- Japanese passport
- Chinese passport
- Emirati 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-dataset, compiled from IATA Timatic, dated 2026-07-17. US passport, 2026.