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Methodology & data sources
Updated 2026-08-27
Where the data comes from
Visa requirements (visa-free / visa on arrival / eTA / e-visa / visa required, with stay days) derive from the open Passport Index dataset — a 199×199 matrix of entry rules, refreshed monthly with a diff review before publishing.
Visa unlock rules (32 rules) are our own research: each rule is hand-verified against an official government source (immigration ministries, official e-visa portals, consular guidance) and carries that source plus a “last verified” date on its page.
Country reference facts (currency, languages, capitals) come from the open mledoze/countries dataset (ODbL). Flight prices are cached averages from the Aviasales Data API, refreshed weekly; we show them as indicative, never as guaranteed fares.
Scoring
A passport’s “open destinations” score counts destinations reachable without arranging a visa in advance: visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA, out of 198. e-Visa destinations are counted separately, since they require an online application before travel. This matches the approach of major travel-freedom indices.
Freshness & confidence
Every page shows its “Updated” date. The visa matrix is a snapshot: entry rules change, so always confirm with the official source linked on the page (or your airline) before booking. Unlock rules carry explicit conditions (validity, multiple-entry, “used at least once”) — the fine print that actually matters.
Passport cover artwork & licensing
The passport covers across this site are original vector reconstructions drawn by us, not photographs of real documents. Each one is built from public-domain and Creative Commons material — state emblems, coats of arms and, where a free one exists, an existing cover illustration.
Our covers are released under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse them, including commercially, provided you credit VisaUnlocks and license derivatives under the same terms. State emblems appear in a referential, descriptive context and remain the property of the states concerned. None of these images is an official document, a facsimile of one, or a template for producing one — they show cover artwork only, at illustrative fidelity, with no data page and no security features.
Per-country attribution for every source we built on:
Sources for all 199 covers
- Afghanistan — Afghan Passport.svg — CC BY 4.0
- Albania — Albanian Passport.svg — CC0
- Algeria — Algerian passport cover.jpg — CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andorra — Passaport andorrà.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Angola — Angolan passport.svg — CC0
- Antigua & Barbuda — Antígua-e-barbuda.passaporte.jpg — Public domain
- Argentina — Public domain
- Armenia — Armenia Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Australia — Australian Passport Cover of P - Series.jpg — Public domain
- Austria — Passport of Austria (2024).png — Public domain
- Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan Passport.svg — Public domain
- Bahamas — Coat of arms of the Bahamas.svg — Public domain
- Bahrain — CC0
- Bangladesh — Bangladeshi E Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Barbados — Coat of arms of Barbados.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Belarus — Africa just continent.svg — CC BY-SA
- Belgium — Belgian Passport 2008 cover.jpg — Public domain
- Belize — Belize.webp — Public domain
- Benin — CC0
- Bhutan — Emblem of Bhutan.svg — Public domain
- Bolivia — Bolivia passport.png — Public domain
- Bosnia & Herzegovina — Bosnia and Herzegovina Passport.svg — CC0
- Botswana — Coat of arms of Botswana.svg — Public domain
- Brazil — Novo Passaporte Brasileiro.png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Brunei — Brunei Passport.svg — CC0
- Bulgaria — Bulgarian Passport Front.jpg — Public domain
- Burkina Faso — Passeport Burkina Faso (version 2025).png — CC BY 4.0
- Burundi — Паспорт Бурунди.png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cambodia — Cambodian Passport.svg — CC0
- Cameroon — Passeport camerounais.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Canada — Canadian passport.svg — Public domain
- Cape Verde — Cape Verde Passport 1.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Central African Republic — Coat of arms of the Central African Republic.svg — Public domain
- Chad — Coat of arms of Chad.svg — CC BY 3.0
- Chile — Public domain
- China — People — Public domain
- Colombia — Colombian Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA
- Comoros — Seal of the Comoros.svg — Public domain
- Costa Rica — Current cover Costa Rican passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Croatia — Croatia Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cuba — Current cover Cuban passport.JPG — Public domain
- Cyprus — Coat of arms of Cyprus.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Czech Republic — Czech passport cover page.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- DR Congo — Cover of Congolese Passport.jpg — Public domain
- Denmark — Danish Passport Cover.svg — Public domain
- Djibouti — Emblem of Djibouti.svg — Public domain
- Dominica — Dominica e-Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dominican Republic — Dominican Republic passport 2020.png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ecuador — EcuadorianPassport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0; Pasaporte de la República del Ecuador.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Egypt — Egyptian Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- El Salvador — Map of Central America-New svg file.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Equatorial Guinea — Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea.svg — Public domain
- Eritrea — Cover of Eritrean Passport.jpeg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Estonia Passport.svg — CC0
- Eswatini — Coat of arms of Eswatini.svg — Public domain
- Ethiopia — Current Ethiopian Passport.jpg — Public domain
- Fiji — Coat of arms of Fiji.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Finland — Public domain
- France — French Passport Cover.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gabon — Cover of Gabonese passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gambia — Coat of arms of The Gambia.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Georgia — Georgia Passport.svg — CC0
- Germany — Bundesadler Bundeswappen.svg — Public domain
- Ghana — Africa just continent.svg — CC BY-SA; Ghana Biometric Passport.jpg — Public domain
- Greece — Greek Passport.svg — Public domain
- Grenada — GND passport.JPG — Public domain
- Guatemala — Guatemalan passport (2018 cover).jpg — CC0
- Guinea — Passeport guinéen.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Guinea-Bissau — Passaporte Guiné-Bissau.jpg — Public domain
- Guyana — Guyana Passport.png — Public domain
- Haiti — Passeport Haïti.webp — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Honduras — Front Cover of Honduran Passport.png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hong Kong — HongKong-PASSPORT.svg — Public domain
- Hungary — Hungarian Passport Cover.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iceland — Icelandic Passport (2019) - Front cover.jpg — Public domain
- India — Indian Passport (e-Passport, 2024).svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Indonesia — Indonesian Passport (2025).svg — Public domain
- Iran — Iranian Biometric Passport Cover.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iraq — Public domain
- Ireland — Irish Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Israel — Israeli Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Italy — Italy passport.svg — Public domain
- Ivory Coast — Passport-IvoryCoast-front.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jamaica — Jamaican Passport.jpg — Public domain
- Japan — Imperial Seal of Japan.svg — Public domain; Japanese passport.JPG — Public domain
- Jordan — Jordan Passport Cover.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kazakhstan — Kazakh Passport Cover.svg — Public domain
- Kenya — CC BY-SA
- Kiribati — Coat of arms of Kiribati.svg — Public domain
- Kosovo — Passaporta e Kosoves.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kuwait — Kuwait passport.png — Public domain
- Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyz Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Laos — Laos Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Latvia — Latvia Passport.svg — CC0
- Lebanon — The New Lebanese Biometric Passport.jpg — Public domain
- Lesotho — Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg — Public domain
- Liberia — Liberian Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Libya — Libyan New Passport.jpg — Public domain; The emblem on the passport of Libya.svg — Public domain
- Liechtenstein — FürstentumLiechtensteinReisepassCover.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lithuania — Lithuanian Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Luxembourg — Luxembourg Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Macau — Macao-PASSPORT.svg — Public domain
- Madagascar — Madagascar passport.webp — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malawi — Coat of arms of Malawi.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Malaysia — Malaysia Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maldives — Maldives passport.svg — CC BY 4.0; Emblem of Maldives.svg — Public domain
- Mali — ECOWAS logo (cropped).png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malta — Malta passport.png — Public domain
- Marshall Islands — RMI passport cover.jpg — Public domain
- Mauritania — Cover of Mauritanian Biometric Passport.png — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mauritius — Coat of arms of Mauritius.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mexico — Mexican Passport.jpg — Public domain
- Micronesia — Micronesia passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Moldova — Cover Moldovan Passport.png — Public domain
- Monaco — Passeport monegasque.jpg — CC0
- Mongolia — Mongolia Passport 2023.svg — CC BY 4.0
- Montenegro — Montenegro Passport.svg — CC0
- Morocco — Moroccan passport.svg — Public domain
- Mozambique — Cover of Mozambican Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Myanmar — Myanmar Passport Cover.svg — Public domain
- Namibia — Biometric Namibian Passport 2018.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nauru — Coat of arms of Nauru.svg — Public domain
- Nepal — CC BY-SA
- Netherlands — Nederland Paspoort Cover 2011.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- New Zealand — CC0
- Nicaragua — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Niger — Coat of arms of Niger.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nigeria — Africa just continent.svg — CC BY-SA
- North Korea — Emblem of North Korea.svg — Public domain
- North Macedonia — Macedonian Passport.svg — CC0
- Norway — Norway passport 2020 Ordinary.svg — Public domain
- Oman — Open Government Licence (OGL-om)
- Pakistan — State emblem of Pakistan (black).svg — Public domain
- Palau — Seal of Palau.svg — Public domain
- Palestine — Palestinian Biometric Passport.png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Panama — Front cover of the Panamanian biometric passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Papua New Guinea — National emblem of Papua New Guinea.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paraguay — Jehasarã paraguaigua.png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Peru — Biometric Passport Peru.jpg — Public domain
- Philippines — Regular Philippine Passport.svg — Public domain
- Poland — Polish biometric passport 2018 cover.jpg — Public domain
- Portugal — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Qatar — Qatari Passport.png — Public domain
- Republic of the Congo — Coat of arms of the Republic of the Congo.svg — Public domain
- Romania — Romania Passport (2024).svg — CC0
- Russia — Russian Passport (External).svg — Public domain
- Rwanda — Rwandan Passport.webp — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Samoa — Coat of arms of Samoa.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Marino — Coat of arms of San Marino.svg — Public domain
- Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia Passport.svg — Public domain
- Senegal — Senegalese Passport 2025.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Serbia — Serbian Passport.svg — CC0
- Seychelles — Passport of Seychelles cover cropped.jpg — CC BY 4.0
- Sierra Leone — ECOWAS logo (cropped).png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Singapore — Singapore Passport.svg — CC0
- Slovakia — Slovak biometric passport.jpg — Public domain
- Slovenia — Slovenia Passport.svg — CC0
- Solomon Islands — Coat of arms of the Solomon Islands.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Somalia — Passport of the Federal Republic of Somalia.png — Public domain
- South Africa — CC BY-SA
- South Korea — Emblem of South Korea.svg — Public domain; Digital recreation of South Korean Passport.png — Public domain
- South Sudan — Паспорт гражданина Южного Судана.png — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Spain — CC0
- Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan Passport Cover.jpg — CC0
- St. Kitts & Nevis — CC BY-SA 4.0
- St. Lucia — CC0
- St. Vincent & Grenadines — Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sudan — Emblem of Sudan.svg — Public domain
- Suriname — Coat of arms of Suriname.svg — Public domain
- Sweden — Swedish passport 2022.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Switzerland — Swiss passport, model Pass 03, cover.jpg — Public domain
- Syria — Syrian passport.svg — Public domain
- São Tomé & Príncipe — Coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Taiwan — Republic of China (Taiwan) Passport 2020.svg — Public domain
- Tajikistan — Tajik passport (2005–2010).svg — CC0
- Tanzania — Front Cover - Tanzanian Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Thailand — Thai Passport V.3 (2020-2021).svg — CC BY-SA
- Timor-Leste — East Timorese Passport.svg — CC0
- Togo — Togo passport.png — CC BY-SA 3.0; Coat of arms of Togo.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tonga — Coat of arms of Tonga.svg — Public domain
- Trinidad & Tobago — Trinidad & Tobago Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tunisia — Passeport tunisien, 2017.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Turkey — Turkish Passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Turkmenistan — Turkmen Passport.svg — Public domain
- Tuvalu — Cover of Tuvaluan Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Uganda — Uganda Passport - Ordinary Passport New 2019.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ukraine — Ukrainian Passport (nonbiometric).svg — Public domain
- United Arab Emirates — Emblem of the United Arab Emirates.svg — Public domain; United Arab Emirates Passport Cover.png — Public domain
- United Kingdom — British Passport December 2025.png — CC0
- United States — Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg — Public domain
- Uruguay — Coat of arms of Uruguay.svg — Public domain
- Uzbekistan — Uzbek passport.svg — Public domain
- Vanuatu — Vanuatu passport 2020.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vatican City — Vatican City State Passport.png — Public domain
- Venezuela — Venezuelan Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vietnam — Vietnam passport.svg — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yemen — Yemen Passport.svg — CC BY 4.0
- Zambia — Coat of arms of Zambia.svg — Public domain
- Zimbabwe — Zim Passport.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0
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