German vs British passport

The German passport can enter 152 of the 193 destinations we track for it without arranging a visa in advance; the British passport 153 of 195. That puts United Kingdom ahead by 1 destination.

ENTRY ROUTE	Germany	United Kingdom
Visa Not Required	117	112
Visa On Arrival	24	29
Electronic Travel Authorization	11	12
E-Visa	49	47
Embassy Visa	12	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.

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.

DESTINATION	GERMANY	UNITED KINGDOM
Korea, Republic of	Visa Not Required	Electronic Travel Authorization
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

Only the German passport (2)

Where German citizens travel without a prior visa and British citizens do not.

Honduras Tajikistan

Only the British passport (3)

Where British citizens travel without a prior visa and German citizens do not.

Germany Papua New Guinea Taiwan, Province of China

Where both travel without a prior visa, by the same route 140

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 · Cabo Verde · Cambodia · Canada · Chile · China · Colombia · Comoros · Costa Rica · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · Egypt · El Salvador · Estonia · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Fiji · Finland · France · Gambia · Georgia · Greece · Grenada · Guatemala · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Holy See (Vatican City State) · 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 · Mozambique · Namibia · Nepal · Netherlands · New Zealand · Nicaragua · North Macedonia · Norway · Oman · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Philippines · Poland · Portugal · Qatar · Romania · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · San Marino · Sao Tome and Principe · Senegal · Serbia · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Slovakia · Slovenia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Suriname · Sweden · Switzerland · Syrian Arab Republic · Tanzania, United Republic of · Thailand · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Türkiye · Ukraine · United Arab Emirates · 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 German citizens · visa requirements for British citizens.

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