South Africa passport cover

Passport profile

South Africa passport

Rank and score from the Entryora Passport Index. Score counts visa-free, visa on arrival, and ETA destinations. How ranking works.

  • Rank 96
  • Score 101 visa-free + VOA + ETA
  • ISO ZA

Breakdown

  • Visa-free 66
  • Visa on arrival 27
  • ETA 8
  • eVisa 33
  • Visa required 92

Full access list

  • Afghanistan AF Visa required
  • Albania AL eVisa
  • Algeria DZ Visa required
  • American Samoa AS Visa required
  • Andorra AD Visa required
  • Angola AO Visa-free
  • Anguilla AI eVisa
  • Antigua and Barbuda AG Visa-free
  • Argentina AR Visa-free
  • Armenia AM Visa on arrival
  • Aruba AW Visa required
  • Australia AU Visa required
  • Austria AT Visa required
  • Azerbaijan AZ eVisa
  • Bahrain BH eVisa
  • Bangladesh BD eVisa
  • Barbados BB Visa-free
  • Belarus BY Visa required
  • Belgium BE Visa required
  • Belize BZ Visa-free
  • Benin BJ Visa-free
  • Bermuda BM Visa required
  • Bhutan BT eVisa
  • Bolivia BO Visa-free
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba BQ Visa required
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina BA Visa required
  • Botswana BW Visa-free
  • Brazil BR Visa-free
  • British Virgin Islands VG Visa-free
  • Brunei BN Visa required
  • Bulgaria BG Visa required
  • Burkina Faso BF eVisa
  • Burundi BI Visa on arrival
  • Cambodia KH Visa on arrival
  • Cameroon CM eVisa
  • Canada CA Visa required
  • Cape Verde Islands CV Visa on arrival
  • Cayman Islands KY Visa-free
  • Central African Republic CF Visa required
  • Chad TD Visa required
  • Chile CL Visa-free
  • China CN Visa required
  • Colombia CO Visa required
  • Comoro Islands KM Visa on arrival
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) CD eVisa
  • Congo (Rep.) CG Visa required
  • Cook Islands CK Visa-free
  • Costa Rica CR Visa-free
  • Croatia HR Visa required
  • Cuba CU eVisa
  • Curacao CW Visa required
  • Cyprus CY Visa required
  • Czechia CZ Visa required
  • Côte d'Ivoire CI eVisa
  • Denmark DK Visa required
  • Djibouti DJ Visa on arrival
  • Dominica DM Visa-free
  • Dominican Republic DO Visa-free
  • Ecuador EC Visa-free
  • Egypt EG Visa on arrival
  • El Salvador SV Visa-free
  • Equatorial Guinea GQ eVisa
  • Eritrea ER Visa required
  • Estonia EE Visa required
  • eSwatini SZ Visa-free
  • Ethiopia ET Visa on arrival
  • Falkland Islands FK Visa required
  • Faroe Islands FO Visa required
  • Fiji FJ Visa-free
  • Finland FI Visa required
  • France FR Visa required
  • French Guiana GF Visa required
  • French Polynesia PF Visa required
  • French West Indies FW Visa required
  • Gabon GA Visa-free
  • Georgia GE Visa-free
  • Germany DE Visa required
  • Ghana GH ETA
  • Gibraltar GI Visa required
  • Greece GR Visa required
  • Greenland GL Visa required
  • Grenada GD Visa-free
  • Guam GU Visa required
  • Guatemala GT Visa-free
  • Guinea GN eVisa
  • Guinea-Bissau GW Visa on arrival
  • Guyana GY Visa-free
  • Haiti HT Visa-free
  • Honduras HN Visa-free
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) HK Visa-free
  • Hungary HU Visa required
  • Iceland IS Visa required
  • India IN eVisa
  • Indonesia ID Visa on arrival
  • Iran IR Visa on arrival
  • Iraq IQ Visa required
  • Ireland IE Visa required
  • Israel IL ETA
  • Italy IT Visa required
  • Jamaica JM Visa-free
  • Japan JP eVisa
  • Jordan JO Visa on arrival
  • Kazakhstan KZ eVisa
  • Kenya KE Visa-free
  • Kiribati KI Visa-free
  • Kosovo XK Visa required
  • Kuwait KW Visa required
  • Kyrgyzstan KG Visa on arrival
  • Laos LA Visa on arrival
  • Latvia LV Visa required
  • Lebanon LB Visa required
  • Lesotho LS Visa-free
  • Liberia LR Visa required
  • Libya LY eVisa
  • Liechtenstein LI Visa required
  • Lithuania LT Visa required
  • Luxembourg LU Visa required
  • Macao (SAR China) MO Visa-free
  • Madagascar MG Visa on arrival
  • Malawi MW Visa-free
  • Malaysia MY Visa-free
  • Maldives MV Visa on arrival
  • Mali ML Visa required
  • Malta MT Visa required
  • Marshall Islands MH Visa on arrival
  • Mauritania MR eVisa
  • Mauritius MU Visa-free
  • Mayotte YT Visa required
  • Mexico MX Visa required
  • Micronesia FM Visa-free
  • Moldova MD Visa required
  • Monaco MC Visa required
  • Mongolia MN Visa required
  • Montenegro ME Visa required
  • Montserrat MS Visa-free
  • Morocco MA Visa required
  • Mozambique MZ Visa-free
  • Myanmar MM eVisa
  • Namibia NA Visa-free
  • Naoero NR Visa required
  • Nepal NP Visa on arrival
  • Netherlands NL Visa required
  • New Caledonia NC Visa required
  • New Zealand NZ Visa required
  • Nicaragua NI Visa-free
  • Niger NE Visa required
  • Nigeria NG eVisa
  • Niue NU Visa on arrival
  • North Korea KP Visa required
  • North Macedonia MK Visa required
  • Northern Mariana Islands MP Visa required
  • Norway NO Visa required
  • Oman OM Visa-free
  • Pakistan PK eVisa
  • Palau Islands PW Visa on arrival
  • Palestinian Territory PS ETA
  • Panama PA Visa-free
  • Papua New Guinea PG Visa required
  • Paraguay PY Visa-free
  • Peru PE Visa-free
  • Philippines PH Visa-free
  • Poland PL Visa required
  • Portugal PT Visa required
  • Puerto Rico PR Visa required
  • Qatar QA Visa on arrival
  • Reunion RE Visa-free
  • Romania RO Visa required
  • Russian Federation RU ETA
  • Rwanda RW Visa-free
  • Samoa WS Visa on arrival
  • San Marino SM Visa required
  • Saudi Arabia SA Visa on arrival
  • Senegal SN Visa-free
  • Serbia RS Visa required
  • Seychelles SC ETA
  • Sierra Leone SL Visa on arrival
  • Singapore SG Visa-free
  • Slovakia SK Visa required
  • Slovenia SI Visa required
  • Solomon Islands SB Visa required
  • Somalia SO eVisa
  • South Korea KR ETA
  • South Sudan SS eVisa
  • Spain ES Visa required
  • Sri Lanka LK ETA
  • St. Helena SH Visa-free
  • St. Kitts and Nevis KN ETA
  • St. Lucia LC Visa-free
  • St. Maarten MF Visa required
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines VC Visa-free
  • Sudan SD Visa required
  • Suriname SR eVisa
  • Sweden SE Visa required
  • Switzerland CH Visa required
  • Syria SY eVisa
  • São Tomé and Príncipe ST eVisa
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) TW Visa required
  • Tajikistan TJ Visa on arrival
  • Tanzania TZ Visa-free
  • Thailand TH Visa-free
  • The Bahamas BS Visa-free
  • The Gambia GM Visa-free
  • Timor-Leste TL Visa on arrival
  • Togo TG Visa-free
  • Tonga TO Visa required
  • Trinidad and Tobago TT Visa-free
  • Tunisia TN Visa-free
  • Turkmenistan TM Visa required
  • Turks and Caicos Islands TC Visa-free
  • Tuvalu TV Visa on arrival
  • Türkiye TR eVisa
  • Uganda UG eVisa
  • Ukraine UA eVisa
  • United Arab Emirates AE eVisa
  • United Kingdom GB eVisa
  • United States US Visa required
  • Uruguay UY Visa-free
  • US Virgin Islands VI Visa required
  • Uzbekistan UZ eVisa
  • Vanuatu VU Visa-free
  • Vatican City VA Visa required
  • Venezuela VE Visa-free
  • Vietnam VN eVisa
  • Yemen YE Visa required
  • Zambia ZM Visa-free
  • Zimbabwe ZW Visa-free

How to use the South Africa passport profile

This page combines the published Entryora Passport Index snapshot for South Africa (rank 96, score 101) with a destination-by-destination access list. Use it to prioritise short-stay research — not as proof that an airline or border officer will accept your trip.

In the current snapshot breakdown: 66 visa-free, 27 visa on arrival, 8 ETA, 33 eVisa, and 92 visa-required destinations are listed for this passport. Filters above let you focus on one access type before you open official pages.

A practical research sequence

  1. Filter or search the access list for the destinations on your itinerary.
  2. Open the visa checker for a curated first-pass label on a published pair.
  3. For study, work, or family goals, leave the tourism matrix and open the matching destination hub.
  4. Confirm fees, ETA products, and document lists only on the destination’s official immigration site.

What this profile cannot decide

Entryora does not issue visas, ETAs, or boarding passes. Dual nationals should evaluate the passport they will present. Transit states can impose separate rules. Scores and ranks can lag sudden policy changes — when an official page disagrees with this snapshot, keep the official page. Methodology notes live on Editorial; legal boundaries are in the disclaimer.