Passport strength comparison

US vs UK passport comparison

Compare United States and United Kingdom passport strength, scores, and entry rules for every destination.

Option 1

United States

Option 2

United Kingdom

Rank equivalent#11

United States

184 destinations without a prior visa

Home 1Free 135ETA 12VOA 37eVisa 22Visa 17Restricted 2— 1

Rank equivalent#7

United Kingdom

188 destinations without a prior visa

Home 1Free 132ETA 18VOA 38eVisa 22Visa 16

Destination	United States	United Kingdom
Africa 8
Burkina Faso	—	eVisa
Chad	Visa	eVisa
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa	VOA
Guinea-Bissau	VOA	Visa
Mali	Restricted	eVisa
Sierra Leone	Visa	VOA
South Sudan	Visa	eVisa
The Gambia	VOA	Free
Americas 5
Brazil	eVisa	Free
Canada	Free	ETA
Honduras	Free	Visa
United States	Home	ETA
Venezuela	eVisa	Free
Caribbean 2
Puerto Rico	Free	ETA
US Virgin Islands	Free	ETA
Asia 5
China	Visa	Free
North Korea	Restricted	Visa
Tajikistan	Free	eVisa
Timor-Leste	Free	VOA
Vietnam	eVisa	Free
Europe 2
Belarus	eVisa	Free
United Kingdom	ETA	Home
Middle East 1
Syria	VOA	eVisa
Oceania 6
American Samoa	Free	ETA
Guam	Free	ETA
Niue	VOA	Free
Northern Mariana Islands	Free	ETA
Palau Islands	Free	VOA
Papua New Guinea	eVisa	VOA

What the scores show

United States and United Kingdom, side by side

United States has a mobility score of 184 and a rank equivalent of #11. United Kingdom scores 188, equivalent to #7. Use “Differences only” above to isolate destinations where their entry categories differ.

Using the comparison table’s access hierarchy, United States has the easier result in 13 destinations,United Kingdom in 16, and they are equivalent in 198.

The destination table makes the practical mobility differences between these two widely held passports explicit, while keeping eVisa and prior-visa requirements separate from easier access.