The German passport can enter 154 of the 195 destinations we track for it without arranging a visa in advance; the British passport 154 of 195. On that measure the two passports are level.
| ENTRY ROUTE | Germany | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Visa Not Required | 119 | 113 |
| Visa On Arrival | 25 | 30 |
| Electronic Travel Authorization | 10 | 11 |
| E-Visa | 49 | 47 |
| Embassy Visa | 14 | 18 |
A destination offering several routes is counted under each, so columns can sum past the totals above — the headline figure counts each destination once, by its easiest route.
Destinations both passports can head to without a visa arranged in advance — but not through the same door. Each entry links to the full requirements for that passport.
| DESTINATION | GERMANY | UNITED KINGDOM |
|---|---|---|
| Palau | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Rwanda | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Samoa | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Saudi Arabia | Visa On Arrival | Electronic Travel Authorization |
| Solomon Islands | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Timor-Leste | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Tonga | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Tuvalu | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| United Kingdom | Electronic Travel Authorization | Visa Not Required |
Where German citizens travel without a prior visa and British citizens do not.
Where British citizens travel without a prior visa and German citizens do not.
Reach counts the sovereign countries a passport enters without arranging a visa before travel — visa-free entry, visa on arrival, or an electronic travel authorisation. Both passports are scored over the same 195 countries: the sovereign destinations we hold data on for both of them. Overseas territories are excluded from the score on purpose — a country's own territories never appear in its own visa rules (Gibraltar is not "abroad" for a British citizen), so counting them would hand one side destinations the other could never have. That shared set is what makes this comparison fair; published indices count their own universes, so their totals differ from ours. Full lists: visa requirements for German citizens · visa requirements for British citizens.