Middle East passport

United Arab Emirates

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Global rank#14

Mobility score180

Destinations tracked227

Compare this passport Place in rankingChecked August 24, 2026

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About the United Arab Emirates passport

The United Arab Emirates passport is grouped with Middle East in this index. It ranks #14 globally and #1 among 15 Middle East passports, with a mobility score of 180.

Its current access profile includes 131 visa-free destinations,35 visas on arrival, and 14 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 FasoVisa-free BurundiVisa on arrival CamerooneVisa Cape Verde IslandsVisa on arrival Central African RepublicVisa on arrival ChadVisa-free Comoro IslandsVisa on arrival Congo (Dem. Rep.)eVisa Congo (Rep.)Visa on arrival Côte d'IvoireVisa on arrival DjiboutiVisa on arrival EgyptVisa on arrival Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrival EritreaVisa required eSwatiniVisa required EthiopiaVisa on arrival GabonVisa on arrival GhanaeVisa GuineaETA Guinea-BissauVisa on arrival KenyaETA LesothoVisa required LiberiaVisa required LibyaeVisa MadagascarVisa on arrival MalawiVisa on arrival MaliVisa-free MauritaniaeVisa MauritiusVisa-free MayotteVisa-free MoroccoVisa-free MozambiqueETA NamibiaVisa on arrival NigerVisa on arrival 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. HelenaeVisa SudanVisa-free TanzaniaVisa on arrival The GambiaVisa required TogoeVisa TunisiaVisa-free UgandaVisa-free ZambiaVisa-free ZimbabweVisa on arrival

Asia

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

Europe

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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

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