Palauan
Passport
Lucky Nomads Passport Index
Palauan passport
The Palauan passport scores 49.86 out of 100 and ranks 69 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
49.86 / 100
Global rank
#69of 2005
Pure mobility
54.24
Mobility rank #88, shown for reference at 0% weight
+19
Lives better than visa-free counts suggest
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
46.31
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
14.18
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
87.6
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
68.45
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 1. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 112.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (1)
Visa-free (85)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Austria
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- Norway
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Suriname
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- US Virgin Islands
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Wallis and Futuna
Visa on arrival (15)
Electronic travel authorization (11)
eVisa (64)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Guinea
- Guyana
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
Visa required (56)
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bonaire
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Mali
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Paraguay
- Republic of the Congo
- Saba
- Saudi Arabia
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tokelau
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Yemen
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