🇵🇹 Portugal vs 🇪🇸 Spain: 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: Spain leads by just 2 (161 vs 159)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇵🇹 Portugal159/198
🇪🇸 Spain161/198
121Portugal visa-free
122Spain visa-free
25Portugal world rank
5Spain world rank
Where Spain goes — Portugal can't (top-100)
Where Portugal strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to Portugal but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇵🇹→🇪🇸 Portugal citizens to Spain
Visa-free
details →
🇪🇸→🇵🇹 Spain citizens to Portugal
Visa-free
details →
Open in the interactive comparator → Portugal profile Spain profile