Europe passport

Vatican City

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Global rank#27

Mobility score153

Destinations tracked227

Compare this passport Place in rankingChecked August 24, 2026

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About the Vatican City passport

The Vatican City passport is grouped with Europe in this index. It ranks #27 globally and #36 among 49 Europe passports, with a mobility score of 153.

Its current access profile includes 109 visa-free destinations,33 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

57

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'IvoireeVisa DjiboutiVisa on arrival EgyptVisa on arrival Equatorial GuineaeVisa EritreaVisa required eSwatiniVisa-free 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-free MayotteVisa-free MoroccoVisa required MozambiqueeVisa NamibiaVisa on arrival NigerVisa required NigeriaeVisa ReunionVisa-free RwandaVisa on arrival São Tomé and PríncipeVisa-free SenegalVisa required SeychellesETA Sierra LeoneVisa required SomaliaETA South AfricaVisa required South SudaneVisa St. HelenaVisa on arrival SudanVisa required TanzaniaVisa on arrival The GambiaVisa-free TogoeVisa TunisiaVisa-free UgandaeVisa ZambiaVisa-free ZimbabweVisa on arrival

Asia

32

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

Europe

52

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 FederationeVisa San MarinoVisa-free SerbiaVisa-free SlovakiaVisa-free SloveniaVisa-free SpainVisa-free SwedenVisa-free SwitzerlandVisa-free TürkiyeVisa-free UkraineVisa-free United KingdomETA Vatican CityCitizenship

Middle East

15

ArmeniaVisa-free BahrainVisa on arrival IranVisa on arrival IraqVisa required IsraelVisa required JordanVisa on arrival KuwaitVisa on arrival LebanonVisa required OmanVisa-free Palestinian TerritoryVisa required QatarVisa on arrival Saudi ArabiaVisa required SyriaeVisa United Arab EmiratesVisa-free YemenVisa required