Lucky Nomads Passport Index
Ethiopian passport
The Ethiopian passport scores 17.98 out of 100 and ranks 191 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
17.98 / 100
Global rank
#191of 200
Pure mobility
11.3
Mobility rank #179, shown for reference at 0% weight
-12
Travels better than it lets you live
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
7.63
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
0
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
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)
Visa on arrival (19)
Electronic travel authorization (1)
eVisa (59)
- Albania
- Antigua and Barbuda
- 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
- 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
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.