Papua New Guinea Passport Ranking 2026 — Rank, Power & Mobility

How strong is the Papua New Guinea passport

The Papua New Guinea passport ranks #115 of 199 in the 2026 passport index with a mobility score of 94.7. It is stronger than 84 passports — visa-free to 38 countries and easy access to 113.

stronger ↑

Belarus

#114

43 visa-free · score 97.1

this passport

Papua New Guinea

#115

38 visa-free · score 94.7

weaker ↓

Kazakhstan

#116

41 visa-free · score 94.5

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Where the Papua New Guinea passport can travel

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

Visa-free · 38

Angola 30 days → Antigua and Barbuda 180 days → Bahamas 90 days → Bangladesh 90 days → Belize 90 days → Botswana 90 days → Colombia 90 days → Dominica 180 days → Dominican Republic 90 days → Ecuador 90 days → Fiji 120 days → Gambia 90 days → Grenada 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 30 days → Malaysia 30 days → Mauritius 90 days → Micronesia 30 days → Palestine 90 days → Panama 90 days → Peru 180 days → Philippines 30 days → Rwanda 30 days → Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 days → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90 days → Seychelles 90 days → Singapore 30 days → Swaziland 30 days → Tanzania 90 days → Thailand 60 days → United Arab Emirates 30 days → Vanuatu 120 days →

Visa on arrival · 32

Bolivia 30 days → Burundi 30 days → Cambodia 30 days → Cape Verde 30 days → Comoros 30 days → Djibouti 30 days → Egypt 30 days → Ghana 30 days → Guinea-Bissau 30 days → Indonesia 30 days → Iran 30 days → Laos 30 days → Macao 30 days → Madagascar 30 days → Maldives 30 days → Marshall Islands 30 days → Mauritania 30 days → Mozambique 30 days → Nauru 30 days → Nepal 30 days → Nicaragua 30 days → Palau 30 days → Saint Lucia 30 days → Samoa 30 days → Senegal 30 days → Sierra Leone 30 days → Solomon Islands 30 days → Sri Lanka 30 days → Timor-Leste 30 days → Tonga 30 days → Tuvalu 30 days → Zimbabwe 30 days →

e-Visa / ETA · 43

Albania 90 days → Armenia 90 days → Australia 90 days → Bahrain 90 days → Benin 90 days → Bhutan 90 days → Burkina Faso 90 days → Cameroon 90 days → Canada 90 days → Cuba 90 days → DR Congo 90 days → El Salvador 90 days → Equatorial Guinea 90 days → Ethiopia 90 days → Gabon 90 days → Georgia 90 days → Guinea 90 days → India 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 → Nigeria 90 days → Oman 90 days → Pakistan 90 days → Qatar 90 days → Russia 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 → Togo 90 days → Uganda 90 days → United Kingdom 90 days → Vietnam 90 days → Zambia 90 days →

Visa required · 85

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

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Where Papua New Guinea citizens face the toughest visas

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

United States

10.6%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #164 of 197

+6.7 pp year-over-year

B1/B2 visas

1 month until the next US interview · Port Moresby

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

1 countries accept visa applications right inside Papua New Guinea

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 Papua New Guinea passport

Whether Papua New Guinea citizens need a visa for popular countries — tap for details.

→ Papua New Guinea → United StatesVisa required → → Papua New Guinea → United Kingdome-Visa / ETA → → Papua New Guinea → JapanVisa required → → Papua New Guinea → United Arab EmiratesVisa-free → → Papua New Guinea → ThailandVisa-free → → Papua New Guinea → TurkeyVisa required →

Frequently asked

How strong is the Papua New Guinea passport?

The Papua New Guinea passport ranks #115 of 199 in the 2026 passport index (mobility score 94.7). It gives visa-free access to 38 countries and easy access to 113 — stronger than 84 passports.

How many countries can Papua New Guinea visit visa-free?

38 countries are visa-free, plus more on arrival or with an eTA. See the full list on the "visa-free countries for Papua New Guinea" page.

Why does the Papua New Guinea passport rank where it does?

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