Lucky Nomads Passport Index
São Toméan passport
The São Toméan passport scores 27.36 out of 100 and ranks 143 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
27.36 / 100
Global rank
#143of 2003
Pure mobility
18.08
Mobility rank #150, shown for reference at 0% weight
+7
Lives better than visa-free counts suggest
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
12.76
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
0
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
62.5
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
65.05
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 0. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 48.
Where this passport can go
Visa-free (29)
Visa on arrival (17)
eVisa (58)
- Albania
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Chad
- Colombia
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Qatar
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
Visa required (126)
- Afghanistan
- Alderney
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bonaire
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guernsey
- Guyana
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- Saba
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- San Marino
- Sark
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sudan
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- US Virgin Islands
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Wallis and Futuna
- Yemen
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.