French vs German passport
The French passport can enter 182
of the 229 destinations we track for it without arranging a visa in
advance; the German passport
152 of 193.
That puts France ahead by 30 destinations.
| ENTRY ROUTE |
France |
Germany |
| Visa Not Required |
142 |
117 |
| Visa On Arrival |
25 |
24 |
| Electronic Travel Authorization |
15 |
11 |
| E-Visa |
48 |
49 |
| Embassy Visa |
27 |
12 |
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.
Same trip, different 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.
Only the French passport (33)
Where French citizens travel without a prior visa and German citizens do not.
Only the German passport (3)
Where German citizens travel without a prior visa and French citizens do not.
Where both travel without a prior visa, by the same route
145
Albania · Andorra · Angola · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Bahamas · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belarus · Belgium · Belize · Bolivia, Plurinational State of · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Botswana · Brazil · Brunei Darussalam · Bulgaria · Burundi · Cambodia · Canada · Chile · China · Colombia · Comoros · Costa Rica · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · Egypt · El Salvador · Estonia · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Fiji · Finland · Gambia · Georgia · Greece · Grenada · Guatemala · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Holy See (Vatican City State) · Honduras · Hungary · Iceland · Indonesia · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Kiribati · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Lao People's Democratic Republic · Latvia · Lebanon · Lesotho · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Madagascar · Malawi · Malaysia · Maldives · Malta · Marshall Islands · Mauritius · Mexico · Micronesia, Federated States of · Moldova, Republic of · Monaco · Mongolia · Montenegro · Morocco · Namibia · Nepal · Netherlands · New Zealand · Nicaragua · North Macedonia · Norway · Oman · Palau · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Philippines · Poland · Portugal · Qatar · Romania · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · San Marino · Sao Tome and Principe · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Serbia · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Slovakia · Slovenia · Solomon Islands · South Africa · Spain · Suriname · Sweden · Switzerland · Tajikistan · Tanzania, United Republic of · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Tuvalu · Türkiye · Ukraine · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom · United States · Uruguay · Uzbekistan · Vanuatu · Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of · Viet Nam · Zambia · Zimbabwe
How this comparison is counted
A passport's reach counts the destinations it can enter without arranging a visa
before travel — visa-free entry, visa on arrival, or an electronic travel
authorisation — across the destinations in our dataset for that passport. Published
indices count their own datasets, so their totals can differ from ours by a few
destinations. Both passports here are measured by the same rule against the same data,
which is what makes the comparison fair. Full lists:
visa requirements for French citizens ·
visa requirements for German citizens.
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