Asia passport

South Korea

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Global rank#3

Mobility score191

Destinations tracked227

Compare this passport Place in rankingChecked August 24, 2026

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About the South Korea passport

The South Korea passport is grouped with Asia in this index. It ranks #3 globally and #3 among 32 Asia passports, with a mobility score of 191.

Its current access profile includes 132 visa-free destinations,39 visas on arrival, and 20 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

57

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

Asia

32

AfghanistanVisa required BangladeshVisa on arrival BhutaneVisa BruneiVisa-free CambodiaVisa on arrival ChinaVisa-free Hong Kong (SAR China)Visa-free IndiaVisa on arrival IndonesiaVisa on arrival JapanVisa-free KazakhstanVisa-free KyrgyzstanVisa-free LaosVisa-free Macao (SAR China)Visa-free MalaysiaVisa-free MaldivesVisa on arrival MongoliaVisa-free MyanmarVisa on arrival NepalVisa on arrival North KoreaVisa required PakistanETA PhilippinesVisa-free SingaporeVisa-free South KoreaCitizenship Sri LankaETA Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)Visa-free TajikistanVisa-free ThailandVisa-free Timor-LesteVisa on arrival TurkmenistanVisa on arrival UzbekistanVisa-free VietnamVisa-free

Europe

52

AlbaniaVisa-free AndorraVisa-free AustriaVisa-free AzerbaijanVisa-free BelarusVisa-free 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 UkraineVisa-free United KingdomETA Vatican CityVisa-free

Middle East

15

ArmeniaVisa-free BahrainVisa on arrival IranVisa on arrival IraqeVisa IsraelETA JordanVisa on arrival KuwaitVisa on arrival LebanonVisa on arrival OmanVisa-free Palestinian TerritoryETA QatarVisa on arrival Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrival SyriaeVisa United Arab EmiratesVisa-free YemenVisa required