Lucky Nomads Passport Index
American passport
The American passport scores 47.98 out of 100 and ranks 73 of 200 on the Lucky Nomads Passport Index, our livability-weighted measure of where a passport lets you live, work and settle.
LN Passport score
47.98 / 100
Global rank
#73of 2005
Pure mobility
90.96
Mobility rank #14, shown for reference at 0% weight
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Travels better than it lets you live
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
74.03
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
29.16
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
0
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
73.85
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 5. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 177.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (5)
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Palau
- Puerto Rico
- US Virgin Islands
Visa-free (139)
- Albania
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Saba
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Suriname
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Wallis and Futuna
- Zambia
Visa on arrival (19)
- Bangladesh
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Indonesia
- Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Sierra Leone
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Zimbabwe
Electronic travel authorization (14)
- Alderney
- Australia
- Guernsey
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Jersey
- Kenya
- Mozambique
- New Zealand
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sark
- Seychelles
- Sri Lanka
- United Kingdom
eVisa (38)
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- China
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- India
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Uganda
- Vietnam
Visa required (13)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Central African Republic
- Eritrea
- Iran
- Liberia
- Nauru
- Russia
- Sudan
- Tokelau
- Turkmenistan
- Venezuela
- Yemen
Banned (4)
- Burkina Faso
- Chad
- Mali
- Niger
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.