🇮🇳 India vs 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates: which passport is stronger?
Updated 2026-07-23 · destinations reachable without a pre-arranged visa, of 198
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United Arab Emirates wins by 114 destinations (169 vs 55)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇮🇳 India55/198
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates169/198
26India visa-free
127United Arab Emirates visa-free
150India world rank
1United Arab Emirates world rank
Where United Arab Emirates goes — India can't (top-100)
🇫🇷 France🇪🇸 Spain🇮🇹 Italy🇹🇷 Turkey🇲🇽 Mexico🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇩🇪 Germany🇯🇵 Japan🇬🇷 Greece🇦🇹 Austria+64 more
Where India strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to India but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇮🇳→🇦🇪 India citizens to United Arab Emirates
e-Visa required
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🇦🇪→🇮🇳 United Arab Emirates citizens to India
Visa on arrival
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Open in the interactive comparator → India profile United Arab Emirates profile