Bahraini passport cover
Government of Bahrain, Public domain

Lucky Nomads Passport Index

Bahraini passport

The Bahraini passport scores 45.04 out of 100 and ranks 80 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

45.04 / 100

Global rank

#80of 20023

Pure mobility

31.07

Mobility rank #116, shown for reference at 0% weight

Reality gap

+36

Lives better than visa-free counts suggest

Score breakdown

Access weighted by livability

25.14

Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.

Residence rights

32.06

The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.

Tax friendliness

100

How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.

Optionality and freedom

46.45

Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.

Free-movement destinations: 5. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 71.

Where this passport can go

Live and work freely (5)

  • Kuwait
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates

Visa-free (43)

  • Armenia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • China
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Georgia
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Iran
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lebanon
  • Macao
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Morocco
  • Nicaragua
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Zambia

Visa on arrival (16)

  • Bangladesh
  • Bolivia
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Burundi
  • Cape Verde
  • Comoros
  • Iraq
  • Laos
  • Maldives
  • Niue
  • Palau
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tuvalu
  • Yemen

Electronic travel authorization (7)

  • Kenya
  • Mozambique
  • New Zealand
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • South Korea
  • Sri Lanka
  • United Kingdom

eVisa (47)

  • Albania
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Colombia
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Cuba
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Lesotho
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mauritania
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nigeria
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Helena
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda
  • Vietnam
  • Zimbabwe

Visa required (114)

  • Afghanistan
  • Alderney
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Anguilla
  • Argentina
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Bonaire
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Falkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Polynesia
  • Gambia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guernsey
  • Guyana
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Kiribati
  • Latvia
  • Liberia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Myanmar
  • Nauru
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • Niger
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Palestinian Territories
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Romania
  • Saba
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint-Martin (French part)
  • San Marino
  • Sark
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Svalbard
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Vatican City
  • Venezuela
  • Wallis and Futuna

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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.