Ghanaian passport cover
Government of Ghana / Ghana Immigration Service, Public domain

Lucky Nomads Passport Index

Ghanaian passport

The Ghanaian passport scores 39.46 out of 100 and ranks 107 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

39.46 / 100

Global rank

#107of 2001

Pure mobility

25.99

Mobility rank #123, shown for reference at 0% weight

Reality gap

+16

Lives better than visa-free counts suggest

Score breakdown

Access weighted by livability

22.61

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

Residence rights

42.8

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

Tax friendliness

52

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

Optionality and freedom

62.1

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

Free-movement destinations: 14. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 62.

Where this passport can go

Live and work freely (14)

  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cape Verde
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Liberia
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Togo

Visa-free (34)

  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Eswatini
  • Fiji
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Montserrat
  • Mozambique
  • Niue
  • Palestinian Territories
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (11)

  • Burundi
  • Comoros
  • Lebanon
  • Macao
  • Maldives
  • Nicaragua
  • Palau
  • Saint Lucia
  • Seychelles
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tuvalu

Electronic travel authorization (3)

  • Morocco
  • Pakistan
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

eVisa (49)

  • Albania
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahrain
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Colombia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lesotho
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Oman
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
  • Saint Helena
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia

Visa required (121)

  • Afghanistan
  • Alderney
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bermuda
  • Bonaire
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chile
  • China
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Polynesia
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • 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
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Svalbard
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Vatican City
  • Venezuela
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Yemen

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