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Costa Rica

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Global rank#28

Mobility score151

Destinations tracked227

Compare this passport Place in rankingChecked August 24, 2026

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About the Costa Rica passport

The Costa Rica passport is grouped with Americas in this index. It ranks #28 globally and #8 among 22 Americas passports, with a mobility score of 151.

Its current access profile includes 109 visa-free destinations,31 visas on arrival, and 11 destinations using an ETA. The detailed list below separates these from eVisas, traditional visas, and any officially documented entry restrictions.

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Africa

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AlgeriaVisa required AngolaVisa required BenineVisa BotswanaVisa-free 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'IvoireeVisa DjiboutiVisa on arrival EgyptVisa on arrival Equatorial GuineaeVisa EritreaVisa required eSwatiniVisa required EthiopiaeVisa GabonVisa on arrival GhanaeVisa GuineaETA Guinea-BissauVisa on arrival KenyaETA LesothoVisa required LiberiaeVisa LibyaeVisa MadagascarVisa on arrival MalawiVisa on arrival MaliVisa required MauritaniaeVisa MauritiusVisa on arrival MayotteVisa-free MoroccoVisa required MozambiqueeVisa NamibiaeVisa NigerVisa required NigeriaeVisa ReunionVisa-free RwandaVisa on arrival São Tomé and PríncipeeVisa SenegalVisa required SeychellesETA Sierra LeoneVisa required SomaliaETA South AfricaVisa-free South SudaneVisa St. HelenaVisa on arrival SudanVisa required TanzaniaVisa on arrival The GambiaVisa on arrival TogoeVisa TunisiaVisa-free UgandaeVisa ZambiaVisa-free ZimbabweVisa on arrival

Asia

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

Europe

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

Middle East

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ArmeniaeVisa BahraineVisa IranVisa on arrival IraqVisa required IsraelETA JordanVisa on arrival KuwaitVisa required LebanonVisa on arrival OmaneVisa Palestinian TerritoryETA QatarVisa on arrival Saudi ArabiaVisa required SyriaeVisa United Arab EmiratesVisa-free YemenVisa required