Bahamas Passport Ranking 2026 — Rank, Power & Mobility

How strong is the Bahamas passport

The Bahamas passport ranks #53 of 199 in the 2026 passport index with a mobility score of 152.5. It is stronger than 146 passports — visa-free to 101 countries and easy access to 168.

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Brunei

#52

103 visa-free · score 152.8

this passport

Bahamas

#53

101 visa-free · score 152.5

weaker ↓

Saint Kitts and Nevis

#54

101 visa-free · score 152

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Where the Bahamas passport can travel

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Visa-free · 101

Albania 90 days → Andorra 90 days → Angola 30 days → Antigua and Barbuda 180 days → Austria 90 days → Barbados 90 days → Belgium 90 days → Belize 90 days → Benin 90 days → Bosnia and Herzegovina 90 days → Botswana 90 days → Brazil 90 days → Bulgaria 90 days → Chile 90 days → China 30 days → Colombia 90 days → Costa Rica 180 days → Croatia 90 days → Cyprus 90 days → Czech Republic 90 days → Denmark 90 days → Dominica 180 days → Dominican Republic 90 days → Ecuador 90 days → El Salvador 180 days → Estonia 90 days → Fiji 120 days → Finland 90 days → France 90 days → Gambia 90 days → Georgia 360 days → Germany 90 days → Ghana 90 days → Greece 90 days → Grenada 90 days → Guatemala 90 days → Guyana 90 days → Haiti 90 days → Honduras 90 days → Hong Kong 90 days → Hungary 90 days → Iceland 90 days → Ireland 90 days → Israel 90 days → Italy 90 days → Jamaica 90 days → Japan 90 days → Kiribati 90 days → Kosovo 90 days → Latvia 90 days → Lesotho 90 days → Liechtenstein 90 days → Lithuania 90 days → Luxembourg 90 days → Malawi 90 days → Malaysia 30 days → Malta 90 days → Mauritius 90 days → Mexico 180 days → Micronesia 30 days → Moldova 90 days → Monaco 90 days → Montenegro 90 days → Netherlands 90 days → North Macedonia 90 days → Norway 90 days → Palestine 90 days → Panama 90 days → Paraguay 90 days → Peru 180 days → Philippines 30 days → Poland 90 days → Portugal 90 days → Romania 90 days → Rwanda 30 days → Saint Kitts and Nevis 180 days → Saint Lucia 42 days → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 180 days → San Marino 90 days → Serbia 30 days → Seychelles 90 days → Singapore 30 days → Slovakia 90 days → Slovenia 90 days → South Africa 30 days → Spain 90 days → Suriname 180 days → Swaziland 30 days → Sweden 90 days → Switzerland 90 days → Tajikistan 30 days → Tanzania 90 days → Trinidad and Tobago 90 days → Uganda 90 days → United Arab Emirates 90 days → Uruguay 90 days → Uzbekistan 30 days → Vanuatu 120 days → Vatican 90 days → Zambia 90 days → Zimbabwe 90 days →

Visa on arrival · 32

Armenia 30 days → Bangladesh 30 days → Bolivia 30 days → Burundi 30 days → Cambodia 30 days → Cape Verde 30 days → Comoros 30 days → Djibouti 30 days → Egypt 30 days → Guinea-Bissau 30 days → Iran 30 days → Jordan 30 days → Laos 30 days → Lebanon 30 days → Macao 30 days → Madagascar 30 days → Maldives 30 days → Mauritania 30 days → Mozambique 30 days → Nepal 30 days → Palau 30 days → Qatar 30 days → Samoa 30 days → Saudi Arabia 30 days → Senegal 30 days → Sierra Leone 30 days → Solomon Islands 30 days → Sri Lanka 30 days → Timor-Leste 30 days → Tonga 30 days → Turkey 30 days → Tuvalu 30 days →

e-Visa / ETA · 35

Australia 90 days → Azerbaijan 90 days → Bahrain 90 days → Bhutan 90 days → Burkina Faso 90 days → Cameroon 90 days → Canada 90 days → Cuba 90 days → DR Congo 90 days → Equatorial Guinea 90 days → Ethiopia 90 days → Gabon 90 days → Guinea 90 days → India 90 days → Indonesia 90 days → Iraq 90 days → Ivory Coast 90 days → Kazakhstan 90 days → Kenya 90 days → Kyrgyzstan 90 days → Libya 90 days → Mongolia 90 days → Nigeria 90 days → Oman 90 days → Pakistan 90 days → Papua New Guinea 90 days → Sao Tome and Principe 90 days → Somalia 90 days → South Korea 90 days → South Sudan 90 days → Syria 90 days → Thailand 90 days → Togo 90 days → United Kingdom 90 days → Vietnam 90 days →

Visa required · 30

Afghanistan — → Algeria — → Argentina — → Belarus — → Brunei — → Central African Republic — → Chad — → Congo — → Eritrea — → Kuwait — → Liberia — → Mali — → Marshall Islands — → Morocco — → Myanmar — → Namibia — → Nauru — → New Zealand — → Nicaragua — → Niger — → North Korea — → Russia — → Sudan — → Taiwan — → Tunisia — → Turkmenistan — → Ukraine — → United States — → Venezuela — → Yemen — →

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Where Bahamas citizens face the toughest visas

Schengen, the US and the UK count refusals separately. Here are all three rates for the Bahamas passport in one place.

United States

14.5%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #149 of 197

+1.7 pp year-over-year

B1/B2 visas

1 month until the next US interview · Nassau

1 rule changes recorded for this passport in our archive, 0 of them easing · the feed →

1 countries accept visa applications right inside Bahamas

Methodologies differ: the EC counts by place of filing, the State Department and Home Office by nationality. Read as orders of magnitude.

Popular destinations for the Bahamas passport

Whether Bahamas citizens need a visa for popular countries — tap for details.

→ Bahamas → United StatesVisa required → → Bahamas → United Kingdome-Visa / ETA → → Bahamas → JapanVisa-free → → Bahamas → United Arab EmiratesVisa-free → → Bahamas → Thailande-Visa / ETA → → Bahamas → TurkeyVisa on arrival →

Frequently asked

How strong is the Bahamas passport?

The Bahamas passport ranks #53 of 199 in the 2026 passport index (mobility score 152.5). It gives visa-free access to 101 countries and easy access to 168 — stronger than 146 passports.

How many countries can Bahamas visit visa-free?

101 countries are visa-free, plus more on arrival or with an eTA. See the full list on the "visa-free countries for Bahamas" page.

Why does the Bahamas passport rank where it does?

The rank is set by the number of visa-free and visa-on-arrival destinations. The Bahamas passport sits in the middle tier of the 2026 ranking. Positions shift as visa agreements change.

How is the passport ranking calculated?

We sum visa-free, visa-on-arrival and eTA destinations into a mobility score that sets the rank. Same idea as Henley and Arton Capital, on our own 2026 data.

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