Vatican citizenship is tied to defined offices, service and authorised family or other residence. The reviewed law does not provide an ordinary naturalisation clock available merely by living in the territory for a number of years.
Europe passport
Vatican City passport rank
Global rank#29
Mobility score155
Destinations tracked227
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Passport overview
About the Vatican City passport
The Vatican City passport is grouped with Europe in this index. It ranks #29 globally and #17 among 49 Europe passports, with a mobility score of 155.
Its current access profile includes 109 visa-free destinations,35 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.
The documented baseline is a narrow Italian exemption for specified Holy See remuneration and a bilateral convention addressing eligible Italian tax residents' financial income. Neither makes every Vatican citizen globally tax-free.
Entry rules can change without notice. Treat this as a comparison tool and verify official requirements before travel.
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Not sure how an ETA differs from an eVisa?Africa
57AlgeriaVisa requiredAngolaVisa-freeBenineVisaBotswanaVisa-freeBurkina FasoeVisaBurundiVisa on arrivalCamerooneVisaCape Verde IslandsVisa-freeCentral African RepublicVisa requiredChadVisa requiredComoro IslandsVisa on arrivalCongo (Dem. Rep.)eVisaCongo (Rep.)Visa requiredCôte d'IvoireVisa on arrivalDjiboutiVisa on arrivalEgyptVisa on arrivalEquatorial GuineaeVisaEritreaVisa requiredeSwatiniVisa-freeEthiopiaeVisaGabonVisa on arrivalGhanaeVisaGuineaETAGuinea-BissauVisa on arrivalKenyaETALesothoVisa requiredLiberiaeVisaLibyaeVisaMadagascarVisa on arrivalMalawiVisa on arrivalMaliVisa requiredMauritaniaeVisaMauritiusVisa-freeMayotteVisa-freeMoroccoVisa requiredMozambiqueeVisaNamibiaVisa on arrivalNigerVisa requiredNigeriaeVisaReunionVisa-freeRwandaVisa on arrivalSão Tomé and PríncipeVisa-freeSenegalVisa requiredSeychellesETASierra LeoneVisa on arrivalSomaliaETASouth AfricaVisa requiredSouth SudaneVisaSt. HelenaVisa on arrivalSudanVisa requiredTanzaniaVisa on arrivalThe GambiaVisa-freeTogoeVisaTunisiaVisa-freeUgandaeVisaZambiaVisa-freeZimbabweVisa on arrival
Americas
25ArgentinaVisa-freeBelizeVisa-freeBermudaVisa-freeBoliviaVisa-freeBrazilVisa-freeCanadaETAChileVisa-freeColombiaVisa-freeCosta RicaVisa-freeEcuadorVisa-freeEl SalvadorVisa-freeFalkland IslandsVisa-freeFrench GuianaVisa-freeGuatemalaVisa-freeGuyanaVisa requiredHondurasVisa-freeMexicoVisa requiredNicaraguaVisa-freePanamaVisa-freeParaguayVisa requiredPeruVisa-freeSurinameVisa-freeUnited StatesVisa requiredUruguayVisa-freeVenezuelaeVisa
Caribbean
25AnguillaeVisaAntigua and BarbudaeVisaArubaVisa-freeBarbadosVisa-freeBonaire; St. Eustatius and SabaVisa-freeBritish Virgin IslandsVisa-freeCayman IslandsVisa requiredCubaeVisaCuracaoVisa-freeDominicaVisa-freeDominican RepublicVisa-freeFrench West IndiesVisa-freeGrenadaVisa-freeHaitiVisa-freeJamaicaVisa requiredMontserratVisa-freePuerto RicoVisa requiredSaint Martin (French part)Visa-freeSt. Kitts and NevisETASt. LuciaVisa requiredSt. Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa-freeThe BahamasVisa-freeTrinidad and TobagoVisa requiredTurks and Caicos IslandsVisa-freeUS Virgin IslandsVisa required
Asia
32AfghanistanVisa requiredBangladeshVisa on arrivalBhutaneVisaBruneiVisa requiredCambodiaVisa on arrivalChinaVisa requiredHong Kong (SAR China)Visa-freeIndiaeVisaIndonesiaVisa on arrivalJapanVisa requiredKazakhstanVisa-freeKyrgyzstanVisa-freeLaosVisa on arrivalMacao (SAR China)Visa on arrivalMalaysiaVisa-freeMaldivesVisa on arrivalMongoliaeVisaMyanmarVisa requiredNepalVisa on arrivalNorth KoreaVisa requiredPakistaneVisaPhilippinesVisa-freeSingaporeVisa-freeSouth KoreaETASri LankaETATaiwan (Chinese Taipei)Visa-freeTajikistanVisa-freeThailandeVisaTimor-LesteVisa on arrivalTurkmenistanVisa requiredUzbekistanVisa-freeVietnameVisa
Europe
52AlbaniaVisa-freeAndorraVisa-freeAustriaVisa-freeAzerbaijaneVisaBelarusVisa-freeBelgiumVisa-freeBosnia and HerzegovinaVisa-freeBulgariaVisa-freeCroatiaVisa-freeCyprusVisa-freeCzechiaVisa-freeDenmarkVisa-freeEstoniaVisa-freeFaroe IslandsVisa-freeFinlandVisa-freeFranceVisa-freeGeorgiaVisa-freeGermanyVisa-freeGibraltarVisa-freeGreeceVisa-freeGreenlandVisa-freeHungaryVisa-freeIcelandVisa-freeIrelandVisa-freeItalyVisa-freeKosovoVisa-freeLatviaVisa-freeLiechtensteinVisa-freeLithuaniaVisa-freeLuxembourgVisa-freeMaltaVisa-freeMoldovaVisa-freeMonacoVisa-freeMontenegroVisa-freeNetherlandsVisa-freeNorth MacedoniaVisa-freeNorwayVisa-freePolandVisa-freePortugalVisa-freeRomaniaVisa-freeRussian FederationeVisaSan MarinoVisa-freeSerbiaVisa-freeSlovakiaVisa-freeSloveniaVisa-freeSpainVisa-freeSwedenVisa-freeSwitzerlandVisa-freeTürkiyeVisa-freeUkraineVisa-freeUnited KingdomETAVatican CityCitizenship
Middle East
15ArmeniaVisa-freeBahrainVisa on arrivalIranVisa on arrivalIraqVisa requiredIsraelVisa requiredJordanVisa on arrivalKuwaitVisa on arrivalLebanonVisa requiredOmanVisa-freePalestinian TerritoryVisa requiredQatarVisa on arrivalSaudi ArabiaVisa requiredSyriaeVisaUnited Arab EmiratesVisa-freeYemenVisa required
Oceania
21American SamoaVisa requiredAustraliaETACook IslandsVisa on arrivalFijiVisa-freeFrench PolynesiaVisa-freeGuamVisa requiredKiribatiVisa requiredMarshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesiaVisa-freeNauruVisa requiredNew CaledoniaVisa-freeNew ZealandETANiueVisa on arrivalNorthern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredPalau IslandsVisa on arrivalPapua New GuineaeVisaSamoaVisa on arrivalSolomon IslandseVisaTongaVisa requiredTuvaluVisa on arrivalVanuatuVisa on arrival
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Human Development Index
Not reported
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Vatican City (requested geography) · Requested catalog geography; no parent-country or regional substitute
UNDP's HDR 2025 time-series file does not report a 2023 HDI value for VAT. No neighboring-country or regional value is substituted.
UNDP · Human Development Report 2025Source, reuse and review
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Source reviewed 2026-09-22. Next review due 2026-12-21.
Source data · CC BY 3.0 IGOLife expectancy at birth
Not reported
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Vatican City (requested geography; not listed by World Bank) · Requested catalog geography has no entry in the checked World Bank registry; no parent-country or regional substitute
The complete checked World Bank geography registry contains no VAT entity, and SP.DYN.LE00.IN has no separate observation for it in the 2020–2026 response. This is a limitation of this source, not proof that no national statistics exist.
World Bank · World Development Indicators, updated 2026-07-13Source, reuse and review
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Source reviewed 2026-09-22. Next review due 2026-12-21.
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