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Ethiopia passport: visa-free destinations

Visa-free to 12 countries. Every destination by entry status, with the days you may stay.

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  • Visa-free
  • e-Visa or ETA
  • Visa on arrival
  • Visa required
  • No entry or no data

Longest visa-free stays

  1. Barbados90 days
  2. Benin90 days
  3. Gambia90 days
  4. Haiti90 days
  5. Kenya90 days
  6. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
  7. Seychelles90 days
  8. Micronesia30 days

Recent changes for this passport

  • JapanJapan's single-entry visa now costs about ¥15,000. Source
  • Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago brought in a free online arrival and departure card, due within 72 hours of travel. Source
  • MalawiMalawi ended its broad visa waiver: most visitors need a visa again, as an e-visa or on arrival. Source
  • Cabo VerdeCabo Verde requires every arriving traveller to pre-register on EASE and pay an airport security fee. Source
  • TaiwanTaiwan replaced paper arrival cards with the online Taiwan Arrival Card. Source
  • Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea requires a free digital arrival card within 72 hours before arrival. Source

At a glance

Ethiopian citizens can travel to 12 of 198 destinations without a visa, get a visa on arrival in 28, and apply online for an e-Visa or ETA for 55. A visa arranged in advance is needed for 103.

Visa-free by region: 2 of 11 in Southeast Asia; 4 of 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean; 0 of 8 in East Asia; 0 of 46 in Europe.

Longest visa-free stays: Barbados (90 days), Benin (90 days), Gambia (90 days), Haiti (90 days), Kenya (90 days).

Asia and Latin America, where nomads stay longest.

  • ThailandVOA · 15 d
  • Indonesiae-Visa
  • Vietname-Visa · 90 d
  • Malaysiae-Visa
  • Philippines30 days
  • CambodiaVOA
  • JapanVisa
  • MexicoVisa
  • Colombiae-Visa
  • Costa RicaVisa
  • BrazilVisa
  • ArgentinaVisa
  • PeruVisa

Detailed pages for each destination are available for 16 passports. For any passport, the stay calculator fills in your visa-free days.

Questions

How many countries can Ethiopian citizens visit without a visa?

12 destinations, according to Bordr's data. Another 28 give a visa on arrival and 55 take an e-Visa or ETA applied for online.

Where do Ethiopian citizens need a visa in advance?

103 destinations require a visa arranged before travel.

Sources and last check

Entry rules for these destinations were last checked against official sources on 30 October 2026. Visa-free days come from the passport matrix in the Bordr app, corrected where the official rules differ.

This page is general information, not legal advice. Entry rules change and border officers have the final say. Check the official government source for your destination before you travel.