# 🇿🇦 South Africa passport — visa-free access

> Passport Power Index data for South Africa from VisaPassage.
> Canonical page: https://visapassage.com/passports/south-africa

Ranked #52 of 237 by mobility score. The South Africa passport reaches 93 of 249 destinations visa-free or with a visa on arrival (mobility score 93; eVisa and eTA are counted separately). Counts describe typical eligibility, never a promise of admission.

## Access by status

| Status | Destinations |
| --- | --- |
| Visa-free | 79 |
| Visa on arrival | 14 |
| eVisa | 72 |
| eTA required | 6 |
| Visa required | 78 |
| No admission | 0 |

## Visa-free (79)

Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Botswana, Brazil, Cayman Islands, +65 more

## Visa on arrival (14)

Armenia, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Nepal, Palau, Samoa, Senegal, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

## eVisa (72)

Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Albania, American Samoa, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bermuda, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, +58 more

## eTA required (6)

Australia, Israel, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, South Korea, Sri Lanka

## Visa required (78)

Algeria, Andorra, Antarctica, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, +64 more

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