🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇳🇿 New Zealand: which passport is stronger?
Updated 2026-07-23 · destinations reachable without a pre-arranged visa, of 198
🇳🇿
A razor-thin contest: New Zealand leads by just 1 (158 vs 157)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇦🇺 Australia157/198
🇳🇿 New Zealand158/198
109Australia visa-free
113New Zealand visa-free
34Australia world rank
32New Zealand world rank
Where New Zealand goes — Australia can't (top-100)
Where Australia strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to Australia but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇦🇺→🇳🇿 Australia citizens to New Zealand
Visa-free
details →
🇳🇿→🇦🇺 New Zealand citizens to Australia
Visa-free
details →
Open in the interactive comparator → Australia profile New Zealand profile