Europe passport

United Kingdom

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Global rank#6

Mobility score188

Destinations tracked227

Compare this passport Place in rankingChecked August 24, 2026

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About the United Kingdom passport

The United Kingdom passport is grouped with Europe in this index. It ranks #6 globally and #11 among 49 Europe passports, with a mobility score of 188.

Its current access profile includes 132 visa-free destinations,38 visas on arrival, and 18 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-free BenineVisa BotswanaVisa-free Burkina FasoeVisa BurundiVisa on arrival CamerooneVisa Cape Verde IslandsVisa-free 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 on arrival Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrival EritreaVisa required eSwatiniVisa-free EthiopiaVisa on arrival GabonVisa on arrival GhanaeVisa GuineaETA Guinea-BissauVisa required KenyaETA LesothoVisa-free LiberiaVisa required LibyaeVisa MadagascarVisa on arrival MalawiVisa on arrival MalieVisa 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-free 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-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 on arrival NepalVisa on arrival North KoreaVisa required PakistaneVisa PhilippinesVisa-free SingaporeVisa-free South KoreaVisa-free Sri LankaETA Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)Visa-free TajikistaneVisa ThailandVisa-free Timor-LesteVisa on arrival TurkmenistanVisa on arrival UzbekistanVisa-free VietnamVisa-free

Europe

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AlbaniaVisa-free AndorraVisa-free AustriaVisa-free AzerbaijaneVisa 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 required San MarinoVisa-free SerbiaVisa-free SlovakiaVisa-free SloveniaVisa-free SpainVisa-free SwedenVisa-free SwitzerlandVisa-free TürkiyeVisa-free UkraineVisa-free United KingdomCitizenship Vatican CityVisa-free

Middle East

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ArmeniaVisa-free BahrainVisa on arrival IranVisa required 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