Lucky Nomads Passport Index
Kuwaiti passport
The Kuwaiti passport scores 47.8 out of 100 and ranks 75 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
47.8 / 100
Global rank
#75of 20017
Pure mobility
42.94
Mobility rank #101, shown for reference at 0% weight
+26
Lives better than visa-free counts suggest
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
33.33
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
32.36
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
97
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
46.55
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 5. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 92.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (5)
- Bahrain
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates
Visa-free (58)
- Albania
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Bermuda
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Cayman Islands
- China
- Cook Islands
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eswatini
- Georgia
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Iran
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
- Pakistan
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Singapore
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
Visa on arrival (18)
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- Comoros
- Iraq
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Palau
- Samoa
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Solomon Islands
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Tuvalu
- Yemen
Electronic travel authorization (11)
- Alderney
- Guernsey
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sark
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- United Kingdom
eVisa (52)
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Australia
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
Visa required (88)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Austria
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bonaire
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- Niger
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Saba
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States
- Uruguay
- US Virgin Islands
- Vatican City
- Wallis and Futuna
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.