The Mexican passport can enter 129 of the 192 destinations we track for it without arranging a visa in advance; the American passport 146 of 192. That puts United States ahead by 17 destinations.
| ENTRY ROUTE | Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Visa Not Required | 94 | 107 |
| Visa On Arrival | 28 | 31 |
| Electronic Travel Authorization | 8 | 9 |
| E-Visa | 57 | 49 |
| Embassy Visa | 27 | 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 | MEXICO | UNITED STATES |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Korea, Republic of | Electronic Travel Authorization | Visa Not Required |
| Marshall Islands | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Mozambique | Visa On Arrival | Electronic Travel Authorization |
| Palau | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa Not Required | Electronic Travel Authorization |
| South Africa | Electronic Travel Authorization | Visa Not Required |
| Zambia | Visa On Arrival | Visa Not Required |
Where Mexican citizens travel without a prior visa and American citizens do not.
Where American citizens travel without a prior visa and Mexican 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 Mexican citizens · visa requirements for American citizens.