Ethiopian passport cover
The Government of Ethiopia., Public domain

Ethiopian passport

Lucky Nomads Passport Index

LN Passport score

16.17

Global rank

#192

Pure mobility

11.36

Score breakdown

Access weighted by livability

8.28

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

Residence rights

0

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

Tax friendliness

49.8

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

Optionality and freedom

33.15

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

Free-movement destinations: 0. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 36.

Where this passport can go

Visa-free (16)

  • Barbados
  • Benin
  • Cook Islands
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Gambia
  • Haiti
  • Kenya
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Niue
  • Palestinian Territories
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Singapore

Visa on arrival (19)

  • Bangladesh
  • Burundi
  • Cape Verde
  • Comoros
  • Eritrea
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Macao
  • Maldives
  • Mauritius
  • Nicaragua
  • Palau
  • Saint Lucia
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Somalia
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tuvalu

Electronic travel authorization (1)

  • Sri Lanka

eVisa (61)

  • Albania
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Ascension
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Colombia
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Guinea
  • Hong Kong
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Lesotho
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montserrat
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • Uganda
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Visa required (137)

  • Afghanistan
  • Alderney
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bonaire
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chile
  • China
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Falkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Polynesia
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Niger
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saba
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint-Martin (French part)
  • San Marino
  • Sark
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Svalbard
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Vatican City
  • Venezuela
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Yemen
Lucky Maillard, Founder of Lucky Nomads

Lucky Maillard

Founder, Lucky Nomads · Wealth manager

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