Botswana Passport Ranking 2026 — Rank, Power & Mobility

How strong is the Botswana passport

The Botswana passport ranks #119 of 199 in the 2026 passport index with a mobility score of 93.8. It is stronger than 80 passports — visa-free to 48 countries and easy access to 108.

stronger ↑

Suriname

#118

37 visa-free · score 94.1

this passport

Botswana

#119

48 visa-free · score 93.8

weaker ↓

Swaziland

#120

44 visa-free · score 92.1

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Where the Botswana passport can travel

Every destination by visa status — visa-free, on arrival, e-Visa or required. Tap a country for details.

Visa-free · 48

Angola 30 days → Antigua and Barbuda 180 days → Bahamas 90 days → Bangladesh 90 days → Barbados 180 days → Belize 90 days → Benin 90 days → Brazil 90 days → Dominica 180 days → Dominican Republic 90 days → Ecuador 90 days → Fiji 120 days → Gambia 90 days → Georgia 360 days → Ghana 60 days → Grenada 90 days → Guyana 90 days → Haiti 90 days → Hong Kong 90 days → Israel 90 days → Jamaica 90 days → Kiribati 90 days → Kosovo 90 days → Lesotho 90 days → Malawi 90 days → Malaysia 30 days → Mauritius 90 days → Micronesia 30 days → Mozambique 90 days → Namibia 90 days → Panama 90 days → Philippines 30 days → Russia 30 days → Rwanda 30 days → Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 days → Saint Lucia 42 days → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90 days → Seychelles 90 days → Singapore 30 days → South Africa 90 days → Swaziland 30 days → Tanzania 90 days → Togo 30 days → Trinidad and Tobago 90 days → Uganda 90 days → Vanuatu 120 days → Zambia 90 days → Zimbabwe 90 days →

Visa on arrival · 24

Bolivia 30 days → Burundi 30 days → Cambodia 30 days → Cape Verde 30 days → Comoros 30 days → Djibouti 30 days → Ethiopia 30 days → Guinea-Bissau 30 days → Iran 30 days → Laos 30 days → Macao 30 days → Madagascar 30 days → Maldives 30 days → Mauritania 30 days → Nepal 30 days → Nigeria 30 days → Palau 30 days → Qatar 30 days → Samoa 30 days → Senegal 30 days → Sierra Leone 30 days → Sri Lanka 30 days → Timor-Leste 30 days → Tuvalu 30 days →

e-Visa / ETA · 36

Albania 90 days → Australia 90 days → Bahrain 90 days → Bhutan 90 days → Burkina Faso 90 days → Cameroon 90 days → Colombia 90 days → Cuba 90 days → DR Congo 90 days → El Salvador 90 days → Equatorial Guinea 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 → Moldova 90 days → Mongolia 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 → Suriname 90 days → Syria 90 days → Tajikistan 90 days → United Arab Emirates 90 days → United Kingdom 90 days → Vietnam 90 days →

Visa required · 90

Afghanistan — → Algeria — → Andorra — → Argentina — → Armenia — → Austria — → Azerbaijan — → Belarus — → Belgium — → Bosnia and Herzegovina — → Brunei — → Bulgaria — → Canada — → Central African Republic — → Chad — → Chile — → China — → Congo — → Costa Rica — → Croatia — → Cyprus — → Czech Republic — → Denmark — → Egypt — → Eritrea — → Estonia — → Finland — → France — → Germany — → Greece — → Guatemala — → Honduras — → Hungary — → Iceland — → Ireland — → Italy — → Japan — → Jordan — → Kuwait — → Latvia — → Lebanon — → Liberia — → Liechtenstein — → Lithuania — → Luxembourg — → Mali — → Malta — → Marshall Islands — → Mexico — → Monaco — → Montenegro — → Morocco — → Myanmar — → Nauru — → Netherlands — → New Zealand — → Nicaragua — → Niger — → North Korea — → North Macedonia — → Norway — → Palestine — → Paraguay — → Peru — → Poland — → Portugal — → Romania — → San Marino — → Saudi Arabia — → Serbia — → Slovakia — → Slovenia — → Solomon Islands — → Spain — → Sudan — → Sweden — → Switzerland — → Taiwan — → Thailand — → Tonga — → Tunisia — → Turkey — → Turkmenistan — → Ukraine — → United States — → Uruguay — → Uzbekistan — → Vatican — → Venezuela — → Yemen — →

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Where Botswana citizens face the toughest visas

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

The hardest is the UK — 54.1% of applications refused, against 10.7% at the most lenient one.

Schengen

10.7%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #78 of 118

-5.5 pp year-over-year

by filing country

United States

38.4%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #80 of 197

+6.0 pp year-over-year

B1/B2 visas

United Kingdom

54.1%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #11 of 119

-16.1 pp year-over-year

visitor visas

under 2 weeks until the next US interview · Gaborone

2 rule changes recorded for this passport in our archive, 2 of them easing · the feed →

2 countries accept visa applications right inside Botswana

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 Botswana passport

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

→ Botswana → United StatesVisa required → → Botswana → United Kingdome-Visa / ETA → → Botswana → JapanVisa required → → Botswana → United Arab Emiratese-Visa / ETA → → Botswana → ThailandVisa required → → Botswana → TurkeyVisa required →

Frequently asked

How strong is the Botswana passport?

The Botswana passport ranks #119 of 199 in the 2026 passport index (mobility score 93.8). It gives visa-free access to 48 countries and easy access to 108 — stronger than 80 passports.

How many countries can Botswana visit visa-free?

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

Why does the Botswana passport rank where it does?

The rank is set by the number of visa-free and visa-on-arrival destinations. The Botswana 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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