🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇺🇸 United States: which passport is stronger?
Updated 2026-07-23 · destinations reachable without a pre-arranged visa, of 198
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Germany wins by 7 destinations (160 vs 153)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇩🇪 Germany160/198
🇺🇸 United States153/198
122Germany visa-free
112United States visa-free
8Germany world rank
43United States world rank
Where Germany goes — United States can't (top-100)
Where United States strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to United States but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇩🇪→🇺🇸 Germany citizens to United States
eTA required
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🇺🇸→🇩🇪 United States citizens to Germany
Visa-free · 90d
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Open in the interactive comparator → Germany profile United States profile