Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa Passport Ranking
🏆 Rank #32 worldwidePassport grade: B
Mobility125
Visa-free58
eVisa / VoA67
Mapped194
At a glance
CapitalPretoria
Population57,779,622
Area1,221,037 km²
South Africa passport ranking 2026: ranked #32 worldwide with a mobility score of 125. Full list of 58 visa-free countries plus eVisa and visa-on-arrival destinations for South Africa passport holders.
The South Africa passport offers strong global mobility, ranking #32 worldwide among Africa nations. Holders can enter 58 countries without a prior visa, including Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, obtain an eVisa or visa on arrival for 67 more destinations, while 69 countries require a visa in advance. Overall, this passport reaches about 64% of the world's mapped destinations.
Data updated: 2026-09-20 UTC
Access breakdown
- Visa-free5830%
- Visa on arrival3317%
- eVisa / eTA3418%
- Visa required6936%
Mobility map
Visa-freeVisa on arrivaleVisa / eTAVisa required
Destinations
194 countriesShowing 194 results
- 🇦🇫AfghanistanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇱AlbaniaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇩🇿AlgeriaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇩AndorraEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇴Angola30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda180-day stayVisa-free
- 🇦🇷Argentina90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇦🇲ArmeniaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇦🇺AustraliaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇦🇹AustriaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇿AzerbaijanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇧🇸Bahamas90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇭BahrainApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇧🇩BangladeshEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇧Barbados180-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇾BelarusEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇪BelgiumEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇿BelizeUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇯Benin90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇹BhutanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇧🇴BoliviaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇧🇦Bosnia & HerzegovinaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇼Botswana90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇷Brazil90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇳BruneiEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇬BulgariaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇫Burkina FasoApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇧🇮BurundieVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇭CambodiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇨🇲CameroonApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇨🇦CanadaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇻Cape VerdeeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇨🇫Central African RepublicEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇩ChadEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇱Chile90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇨🇳ChinaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇴ColombiaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇰🇲ComoroseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇨🇬Congo - BrazzavilleEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇩Congo - KinshasaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇨🇷Costa Rica180-day stayVisa-free
- 🇭🇷CroatiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇺CubaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇨🇾CyprusEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇿CzechiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇮Côte d’IvoireeVisa / VoAeTA
- 🇩🇰DenmarkEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇩🇯DjiboutieVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇩🇲Dominica180-day stayVisa-free
- 🇩🇴Dominican RepublicUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇪🇨Ecuador90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇪🇬EgypteVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇸🇻El Salvador180-day stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇶Equatorial GuineaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇪🇷EritreaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇪🇪EstoniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇿Eswatini30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇪🇹EthiopiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇫🇯Fiji120-day stayVisa-free
- 🇫🇮FinlandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇫🇷FranceEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇦Gabon30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇲Gambia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇪Georgia360-day stayVisa-free
- 🇩🇪GermanyEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇭Ghana90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇷GreeceEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇩Grenada90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇹Guatemala90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇳GuineaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇬🇼Guinea-BissaueVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇬🇾Guyana30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇭🇹Haiti90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇭🇳Honduras90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇭🇺HungaryEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇮🇸IcelandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇮🇳IndiaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇮🇩IndonesiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇮🇷IraneVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇮🇶IraqApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇮🇪IrelandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇮🇱Israel90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇮🇹ItalyEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇯🇲JamaicaUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇯🇵JapanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇯🇴JordaneVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇿KazakhstanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇰🇪KenyaeVisa / VoAeTA
- 🇰🇮Kiribati90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇰🇼KuwaitEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇰🇬KyrgyzstaneVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇱🇦LaoseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇱🇻LatviaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇧LebanonEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇸LesothoUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇱🇷LiberiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇾LibyaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇱🇮LiechtensteinEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇹LithuaniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇺LuxembourgEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇬MadagascareVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇼Malawi90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇾Malaysia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇻MaldiveseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇱MaliEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇹MaltaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇭Marshall IslandseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇷MauritaniaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇺Mauritius90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇽MexicoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇫🇲Micronesia30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇩MoldovaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇲🇨MonacoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇳MongoliaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇲🇪MontenegroEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇦MoroccoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇿MozambiqueUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇲Myanmar (Burma)Apply online before traveleVisa
- 🇳🇦Namibia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇳🇷NauruEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇵NepaleVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇳🇱NetherlandsEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇿New ZealandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇮Nicaragua90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇳🇪NigerEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇬NigeriaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇵North KoreaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇰North MacedoniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇴NorwayEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇴🇲OmaneVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇵🇰PakistaneVisa / VoAeTA
- 🇵🇼PalaueVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇵🇸Palestinian TerritoriesUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇵🇦Panama90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇵🇬Papua New GuineaeVisa / VoAeTA
- 🇵🇾Paraguay90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇵🇪Peru180-day stayVisa-free
- 🇵🇭Philippines30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇵🇱PolandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇵🇹PortugalEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇶🇦QatareVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇷🇴RomaniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇷🇺Russia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇷🇼Rwanda30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇼🇸SamoaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇸🇲San MarinoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇦Saudi ArabiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇸🇳SenegaleVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇷🇸SerbiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇨Seychelles90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇸🇱Sierra LeoneeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇸🇬Singapore30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇸🇰SlovakiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇮SloveniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇧Solomon IslandsEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇴SomaliaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇷South KoreaeVisa / VoAeTA
- 🇸🇸South SudanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇪🇸SpainEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇰Sri LankaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇳St. Kitts & Nevis90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇱🇨St. Lucia42-day stayVisa-free
- 🇻🇨St. Vincent & Grenadines90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇸🇩SudanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇷SurinameApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇸🇪SwedenEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇭SwitzerlandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇾SyriaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇸🇹São Tomé & PríncipeApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇹🇯TajikistaneVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇹🇿Tanzania90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇭Thailand60-day stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇱Timor-LesteeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇹🇬TogoApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇹🇴TongaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇳Tunisia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇲TurkmenistanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇻TuvalueVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇹🇷TürkiyeApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇺🇬UgandaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇺🇦UkraineEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇪United Arab EmiratesApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇬🇧United KingdomEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇺🇸United StatesEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇺🇾Uruguay90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇺🇿UzbekistanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇻🇺Vanuatu120-day stayVisa-free
- 🇻🇦Vatican CityEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇻🇪Venezuela90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇻🇳VietnamApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇾🇪YemenEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇿🇲Zambia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇿🇼Zimbabwe90-day stayVisa-free
Where can South Africa passport holders travel visa-free?
Europe 1
Russia
Visa-free: 1 · eVisa/VoA: 2Asia 7
Georgia، Israel، Malaysia، Palestinian Territories، Philippines، Singapore، Thailand
Visa-free: 7 · eVisa/VoA: 30Africa 18
Angola، Benin، Botswana، Eswatini، Gabon، Gambia، Ghana…
Visa-free: 18 · eVisa/VoA: 25Americas 28
Antigua & Barbuda، Argentina، Bahamas، Barbados، Belize، Brazil، Chile…
Visa-free: 28 · eVisa/VoA: 4Oceania 4
Fiji، Kiribati، Micronesia، Vanuatu
Visa-free: 4 · eVisa/VoA: 6
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