Ireland Passport Ranking 2026 — Rank, Power & Mobility

How strong is the Ireland passport

The Ireland passport ranks #18 of 199 in the 2026 passport index with a mobility score of 170.1. It is stronger than 181 passports — visa-free to 120 countries and easy access to 184.

stronger ↑

Greece

#17

123 visa-free · score 170.5

this passport

Ireland

#18

120 visa-free · score 170.1

weaker ↓

Poland

#19

122 visa-free · score 169.8

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Where the Ireland passport can travel

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

Visa-free · 120

Albania 90 days → Andorra 90 days → Angola 30 days → Antigua and Barbuda 180 days → Argentina 90 days → Armenia 180 days → Austria 90 days → Bahamas 90 days → Barbados 180 days → Belarus 30 days → Belgium 90 days → Belize 90 days → Bolivia 90 days → Bosnia and Herzegovina 90 days → Botswana 90 days → Brazil 90 days → Brunei 90 days → Bulgaria 90 days → Cape Verde 30 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 → 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 → Israel 90 days → Italy 90 days → Jamaica 90 days → Japan 90 days → Kazakhstan 30 days → Kiribati 90 days → Kosovo 90 days → Kyrgyzstan 60 days → Latvia 90 days → Lesotho 90 days → Liechtenstein 90 days → Lithuania 90 days → Luxembourg 90 days → Macao 90 days → Malawi 30 days → Malaysia 90 days → Malta 90 days → Marshall Islands 90 days → Mauritius 90 days → Mexico 180 days → Micronesia 30 days → Moldova 90 days → Monaco 90 days → Mongolia 30 days → Montenegro 90 days → Morocco 90 days → Mozambique 30 days → Netherlands 90 days → Nicaragua 90 days → North Macedonia 90 days → Norway 90 days → Palau 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 → Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 days → Saint Lucia 42 days → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90 days → San Marino 90 days → Sao Tome and Principe 15 days → Senegal 90 days → Serbia 90 days → Seychelles 90 days → Singapore 90 days → Slovakia 90 days → Slovenia 90 days → South Africa 90 days → South Korea 90 days → Spain 90 days → Swaziland 30 days → Sweden 90 days → Switzerland 90 days → Taiwan 90 days → Tajikistan 30 days → Thailand 60 days → Trinidad and Tobago 90 days → Tunisia 90 days → Turkey 90 days → Uganda 90 days → Ukraine 90 days → United Arab Emirates 30 days → United Kingdom 90 days → Uruguay 90 days → Uzbekistan 30 days → Vanuatu 120 days → Vatican 90 days → Venezuela 90 days → Zambia 90 days →

Visa on arrival · 37

Bahrain 30 days → Bangladesh 30 days → Burkina Faso 30 days → Burundi 30 days → Cambodia 30 days → Comoros 30 days → Djibouti 30 days → Egypt 30 days → Ethiopia 30 days → Ghana 30 days → Guinea-Bissau 30 days → Indonesia 30 days → Iran 30 days → Iraq 30 days → Jordan 30 days → Kuwait 30 days → Laos 30 days → Lebanon 30 days → Madagascar 30 days → Maldives 30 days → Mauritania 30 days → Namibia 30 days → Nepal 30 days → Oman 30 days → Qatar 30 days → Rwanda 30 days → Samoa 30 days → Saudi Arabia 30 days → Sierra Leone 30 days → Solomon Islands 30 days → Somalia 30 days → Sri Lanka 30 days → Tanzania 30 days → Timor-Leste 30 days → Tonga 30 days → Tuvalu 30 days → Zimbabwe 30 days →

e-Visa / ETA · 27

Australia 90 days → Azerbaijan 90 days → Benin 90 days → Bhutan 90 days → Cameroon 90 days → Canada 90 days → Cuba 90 days → DR Congo 90 days → Equatorial Guinea 90 days → Gabon 90 days → Guinea 90 days → India 90 days → Ivory Coast 90 days → Kenya 90 days → Libya 90 days → Myanmar 90 days → New Zealand 90 days → Nigeria 90 days → Pakistan 90 days → Papua New Guinea 90 days → Russia 90 days → South Sudan 90 days → Suriname 90 days → Syria 90 days → Togo 90 days → United States 90 days → Vietnam 90 days →

Visa required · 14

Afghanistan — → Algeria — → Central African Republic — → Chad — → Congo — → Eritrea — → Liberia — → Mali — → Nauru — → Niger — → North Korea — → Sudan — → Turkmenistan — → Yemen — →

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Where Ireland citizens face the toughest visas

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

The hardest is the US — 25.1% of applications refused, against 3.0% at the most lenient one.

Schengen

3.0%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #113 of 118

+1.2 pp year-over-year

by filing country

United States

25.1%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #111 of 197

+2.9 pp year-over-year

B1/B2 visas

under 2 weeks until the next US interview · Dublin

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

22 countries accept visa applications right inside Ireland

Schengen in detail: which state refuses Ireland citizens most

# Schengen state Applications Filed in Rate

1 Latvia 131 Dublin 16.0% 2 Hungary 382 Dublin 14.4% 3 Croatia 647 Dublin 11.6% 4 Malta 267 Dublin 11.2% 5 Estonia 144 Dublin 11.1% 6 Finland 758 Dublin 9.2% 7 Belgium 1,006 Dublin 8.6% 8 Romania 190 Dublin 7.9% 9 Portugal 1,355 Dublin 5.8% 10 Italy 1,286 Dublin 4.4% 11 Germany 5,184 Dublin 4.1% 12 Bulgaria 312 Dublin 2.2% 13 Netherlands 4,491 Dublin 1.7% 14 Lithuania 142 Dublin 1.4% 15 France 5,658 Dublin 1.3% 16 Slovakia 197 Dublin 1.0% 17 Poland 460 Dublin 0.9% 18 Spain 5,299 Dublin 0.8% 19 Czech Republic 824 Dublin 0.5% 20 Austria 1,306 Dublin 0.3% 21 Greece 657 Dublin 0.0%

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 Ireland passport

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

→ Ireland → United Statese-Visa / ETA → → Ireland → United KingdomVisa-free → → Ireland → JapanVisa-free → → Ireland → United Arab EmiratesVisa-free → → Ireland → ThailandVisa-free → → Ireland → TurkeyVisa-free →

Frequently asked

How strong is the Ireland passport?

The Ireland passport ranks #18 of 199 in the 2026 passport index (mobility score 170.1). It gives visa-free access to 120 countries and easy access to 184 — stronger than 181 passports.

How many countries can Ireland visit visa-free?

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

Why does the Ireland passport rank where it does?

The rank is set by the number of visa-free and visa-on-arrival destinations. The Ireland passport sits in the top 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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