🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 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 83 destinations (169 vs 86)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia86/198
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates169/198
53Saudi Arabia visa-free
127United Arab Emirates visa-free
101Saudi Arabia world rank
1United Arab Emirates world rank
Where United Arab Emirates goes — Saudi Arabia can't (top-100)
🇫🇷 France🇪🇸 Spain🇮🇹 Italy🇲🇽 Mexico🇩🇪 Germany🇯🇵 Japan🇬🇷 Greece🇦🇹 Austria🇵🇹 Portugal🇳🇱 Netherlands+41 more
Where Saudi Arabia strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to Saudi Arabia but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇸🇦→🇦🇪 Saudi Arabia citizens to United Arab Emirates
Visa-free
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🇦🇪→🇸🇦 United Arab Emirates citizens to Saudi Arabia
Visa-free
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Open in the interactive comparator → Saudi Arabia profile United Arab Emirates profile