New Zealander
Passport
Lucky Nomads Passport Index
New Zealander passport
The New Zealander passport scores 55.14 out of 100 and ranks 50 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
55.14 / 100
Global rank
#50of 2006
Pure mobility
96.05
Mobility rank #6, shown for reference at 0% weight
-44
Travels better than it lets you live
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
72.08
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
14.71
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
46.5
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
88.85
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 1. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 186.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (1)
Visa-free (137)
- Albania
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saba
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Suriname
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Wallis and Futuna
- Zambia
Visa on arrival (33)
Electronic travel authorization (15)
eVisa (30)
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.