🇫🇷 France vs 🇩🇪 Germany: which passport is stronger?
Updated 2026-07-23 · destinations reachable without a pre-arranged visa, of 198
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A razor-thin contest: France leads by just 0 (160 vs 160)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇫🇷 France160/198
🇩🇪 Germany160/198
123France visa-free
122Germany visa-free
11France world rank
8Germany world rank
Where France goes — Germany can't (top-100)
No top-100 destination is open to France but closed to the other passport.
Where Germany strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to Germany but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇫🇷→🇩🇪 France citizens to Germany
Visa-free
details →
🇩🇪→🇫🇷 Germany citizens to France
Visa-free
details →
Open in the interactive comparator → France profile Germany profile