Lucky Nomads Passport Index
Dutch passport
The Dutch passport scores 80.48 out of 100 and ranks 23 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
80.48 / 100
Global rank
#23of 2009
Pure mobility
90.4
Mobility rank #19, shown for reference at 0% weight
-4
Travels better than it lets you live
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
98.85
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
96.19
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
17.7
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
89
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 44. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 176.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (44)
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bonaire
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- New Caledonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Saba
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- San Marino
- Sint Eustatius
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Vatican City
- Wallis and Futuna
Visa-free (103)
- Albania
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Gibraltar
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Palau
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Qatar
- Saint Helena
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Suriname
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
Visa on arrival (10)
- Bangladesh
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Guinea-Bissau
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Maldives
- Namibia
- Niue
- Rwanda
Electronic travel authorization (19)
- Alderney
- Australia
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Guernsey
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Jersey
- Kenya
- Mozambique
- New Zealand
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sark
- Seychelles
- Sri Lanka
- United Kingdom
- United States
- US Virgin Islands
eVisa (43)
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Guinea
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
Visa required (13)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Central African Republic
- Eritrea
- Ghana
- Mali
- Nauru
- Niger
- Republic of the Congo
- Sudan
- Tokelau
- Turkmenistan
- Yemen
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.