The Indian passport can enter 51 of the 192 destinations we track for it without arranging a visa in advance; the American passport 147 of 192. That puts United States ahead by 96 destinations.
| ENTRY ROUTE | India | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Visa Not Required | 24 | 108 |
| Visa On Arrival | 23 | 31 |
| Electronic Travel Authorization | 5 | 9 |
| E-Visa | 65 | 48 |
| Embassy Visa | 88 | 14 |
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 | INDIA | UNITED STATES |
|---|---|---|
| Cabo Verde | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Gambia | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Maldives | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Marshall Islands | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Mongolia | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Nepal | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Palau | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Rwanda | Visa Not Required | Visa On Arrival |
| Saint Lucia | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| South Africa | Electronic Travel Authorization | Visa Not Required |
Where Indian citizens travel without a prior visa and American citizens do not.
Where American citizens travel without a prior visa and Indian 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 192 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 Indian citizens · visa requirements for American citizens.