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Botswana passport rank

Visa-free countries and complete destination-by-destination access.

Global rank#73

Mobility score81

Destinations tracked227

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About the Botswana passport

The Botswana passport is grouped with Africa in this index. It ranks #73 globally and #4 among 54 Africa passports, with a mobility score of 81.

Its current access profile includes 47 visa-free destinations,24 visas on arrival, and 10 destinations using an ETA. The detailed list below separates these from eVisas, traditional visas, and any officially documented entry restrictions.

Botswana in Africa

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Africa

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AlgeriaVisa required AngolaVisa-free BenineVisa BotswanaCitizenship Burkina FasoeVisa BurundiVisa on arrival CamerooneVisa Cape Verde IslandsVisa required Central African RepublicVisa required ChadVisa required Comoro IslandsVisa on arrival Congo (Dem. Rep.)eVisa Congo (Rep.)Visa required Côte d'IvoireVisa on arrival DjiboutiVisa on arrival EgyptVisa required Equatorial GuineaeVisa EritreaVisa required eSwatiniVisa-free EthiopiaVisa on arrival GabonVisa on arrival GhanaETA GuineaETA Guinea-BissauVisa on arrival KenyaVisa-free LesothoVisa-free LiberiaeVisa LibyaeVisa MadagascarVisa on arrival MalawiVisa-free MaliVisa required MauritaniaeVisa MauritiusVisa-free MayotteVisa required MoroccoVisa required MozambiqueVisa-free NamibiaVisa-free NigerVisa required NigeriaeVisa ReunionVisa required RwandaVisa on arrival São Tomé and PríncipeVisa on arrival SenegalVisa required SeychellesETA Sierra LeoneVisa on arrival SomaliaETA South AfricaVisa-free South SudaneVisa St. HelenaVisa on arrival SudanVisa required TanzaniaVisa-free The GambiaVisa-free TogoVisa-free TunisiaVisa required UgandaVisa-free ZambiaVisa-free ZimbabweVisa-free

Asia

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AfghanistanVisa required BangladeshVisa-free BhutaneVisa BruneiVisa required CambodiaVisa on arrival ChinaVisa required Hong Kong (SAR China)Visa-free IndiaeVisa IndonesiaeVisa JapanVisa required KazakhstaneVisa KyrgyzstaneVisa LaoseVisa Macao (SAR China)Visa on arrival MalaysiaVisa-free MaldivesVisa on arrival MongoliaeVisa MyanmarVisa required NepalVisa on arrival North KoreaVisa required PakistanETA PhilippinesVisa-free SingaporeVisa-free South KoreaETA Sri LankaETA Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)Visa required TajikistanVisa required ThailandeVisa Timor-LesteVisa on arrival TurkmenistanVisa required UzbekistanVisa required VietnameVisa

Europe

52

AlbaniaeVisa AndorraVisa required AustriaVisa required AzerbaijanVisa required BelarusVisa required BelgiumVisa required Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa required BulgariaVisa required CroatiaVisa required CyprusVisa required CzechiaVisa required DenmarkVisa required EstoniaVisa required Faroe IslandsVisa required FinlandVisa required FranceVisa required GeorgiaVisa-free GermanyVisa required GibraltarVisa required GreeceVisa required GreenlandVisa required HungaryVisa required IcelandVisa required IrelandVisa required ItalyVisa required KosovoVisa required LatviaVisa required LiechtensteinVisa required LithuaniaVisa required LuxembourgVisa required MaltaVisa required MoldovaeVisa MonacoVisa required MontenegroVisa required NetherlandsVisa required North MacedoniaVisa required NorwayVisa required PolandVisa required PortugalVisa required RomaniaVisa required Russian FederationVisa-free San MarinoVisa required SerbiaVisa required SlovakiaVisa required SloveniaVisa required SpainVisa required SwedenVisa required SwitzerlandVisa required TürkiyeVisa required UkraineVisa required United KingdomeVisa Vatican CityVisa required

Middle East

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ArmeniaVisa required BahraineVisa IranVisa on arrival IraqVisa required IsraelETA JordanVisa required KuwaitVisa required LebanonVisa required OmaneVisa Palestinian TerritoryETA QatareVisa Saudi ArabiaVisa required SyriaeVisa United Arab EmirateseVisa YemenVisa required