Emirati passport cover
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Emirati passport

Lucky Nomads Passport Index

LN Passport score

57.39

Global rank

#35

Pure mobility

90.34

Score breakdown

Access weighted by livability

72.85

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

Residence rights

12.75

The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, not just visit.

Tax friendliness

96

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

Optionality and freedom

46.8

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

Free-movement destinations: 6. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 175.

Where this passport can go

Live and work freely (6)

  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Svalbard

Visa-free (139)

  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia
  • Bonaire
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • CuraƧao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Polynesia
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Iran
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao
  • Malaysia
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Nauru
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • Niue
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Pakistan
  • Palestinian Territories
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saba
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Vatican City
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Zambia

Visa on arrival (16)

  • Bangladesh
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Comoros
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Jamaica
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Palau
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Samoa
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tuvalu
  • Yemen

Electronic travel authorization (14)

  • Alderney
  • Canada
  • Guernsey
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Jersey
  • Kenya
  • Mozambique
  • New Zealand
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Sark
  • Seychelles
  • Sri Lanka
  • United Kingdom

eVisa (39)

  • Ascension
  • Australia
  • Bhutan
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gibraltar
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Laos
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mauritania
  • Montserrat
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nigeria
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Helena
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • Vietnam
  • Zimbabwe

Visa required (19)

  • Algeria
  • Anguilla
  • Belize
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho
  • Myanmar
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Puerto Rico
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint-Martin (French part)
  • Tokelau
  • Turkmenistan
  • United States
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Venezuela

Banned (1)

  • Afghanistan
Lucky Maillard, Founder of Lucky Nomads

Lucky Maillard

Founder, Lucky Nomads Ā· Wealth manager

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