Lucky Nomads Passport Index
Russian passport
The Russian passport scores 34.86 out of 100 and ranks 117 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
34.86 / 100
Global rank
#117of 2001
Pure mobility
49.72
Mobility rank #95, shown for reference at 0% weight
-22
Travels better than it lets you live
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
34.96
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
11.38
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
65.7
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
32.6
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 1. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 104.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (1)
Visa-free (83)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Iran
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- Oman
- Palau
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Qatar
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- South Africa
- Suriname
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Visa on arrival (12)
Electronic travel authorization (8)
eVisa (43)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Anguilla
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Guinea
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Montserrat
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visa required (77)
- Alderney
- Algeria
- Aruba
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Eritrea
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Saba
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- San Marino
- Sark
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Spain
- Sudan
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tokelau
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States
- US Virgin Islands
- Vatican City
- Wallis and Futuna
- Yemen
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.