Lucky Nomads Passport Index
Irish passport
The Irish passport scores 88.52 out of 100 and ranks 1 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
88.52 / 100
Global rank
#1of 200
Pure mobility
90.4
Mobility rank #19, shown for reference at 0% weight
+18
Lives better than visa-free counts suggest
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
100
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
100
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
52.4
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
86.9
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 47. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 176.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (47)
- Alderney
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Jersey
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- San Marino
- Sark
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
- Wallis and Futuna
Visa-free (102)
- Albania
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- 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
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Qatar
- Saba
- Saint Helena
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Suriname
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
Visa on arrival (15)
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Guinea-Bissau
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Maldives
- Niue
- Palau
- Rwanda
- Solomon Islands
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
Electronic travel authorization (12)
- Australia
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Israel
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Seychelles
- Sri Lanka
- United States
- US Virgin Islands
eVisa (41)
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Guinea
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
Visa required (15)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Eritrea
- Ghana
- Liberia
- 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.