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Beninese passport: visa-free countries, ranking & visa requirements

Visa requirements for Beninese citizens in 2026, destination by destination: 67 of 230 destinations need no visa arranged in advance, which ranks the Beninese passport #68 of 198. Pick a destination for its full entry rules, fees and documents.

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Visa Not Required
42
Visa On Arrival
26
Electronic Travel Authorization
1
E-Visa
53
Embassy Visa
123
Fiji — Embassy VisaTanzania, United Republic of — Visa On ArrivalWestern SaharaCanada — Embassy VisaUnited States — Embassy VisaKazakhstan — E-VisaUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — E-VisaIndonesia — Embassy VisaArgentina — Embassy VisaChile — Embassy VisaCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — E-VisaSomalia — E-VisaKenya — Visa Not RequiredSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Visa Not RequiredHaiti — Visa Not RequiredDominican Republic — Embassy VisaRussian Federation — Embassy VisaBahamas — Visa Not RequiredFalkland Islands (Malvinas) — Embassy VisaNorway — Embassy VisaGreenland — Embassy VisaFrench Southern TerritoriesTimor-Leste — Visa On ArrivalSouth Africa — Visa Not RequiredLesotho — E-VisaMexico — Embassy VisaUruguay — Embassy VisaBrazil — Embassy VisaBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa On ArrivalPeru — Embassy VisaColombia — E-VisaPanama — Embassy VisaCosta Rica — Embassy VisaNicaragua — Visa On ArrivalHonduras — Embassy VisaEl Salvador — E-VisaGuatemala — Embassy VisaBelize — Embassy VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Embassy VisaGuyana — Embassy VisaSuriname — E-VisaFrance — Embassy VisaEcuador — Visa Not RequiredPuerto Rico — Embassy VisaJamaica — Embassy VisaCuba — Visa Not RequiredZimbabwe — E-VisaBotswana — E-VisaNamibia — Visa On ArrivalSenegal — Visa Not RequiredMali — Visa Not RequiredMauritania — E-VisaBeninNiger — Visa Not RequiredNigeria — Visa Not RequiredCameroon — E-VisaTogo — Visa Not RequiredGhana — Visa Not RequiredCôte d'Ivoire — Visa Not RequiredGuinea — Visa Not RequiredGuinea-Bissau — Visa Not RequiredLiberia — Visa Not RequiredSierra Leone — Visa Not RequiredBurkina Faso — Visa Not RequiredCentral African Republic — Visa Not RequiredCongo — Visa On ArrivalGabon — E-VisaEquatorial Guinea — E-VisaZambia — E-VisaMalawi — Visa On ArrivalMozambique — Visa On ArrivalEswatini — Embassy VisaAngola — Embassy VisaBurundi — Visa On ArrivalIsrael — Embassy VisaLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Visa On ArrivalPalestine, State of — Visa Not RequiredGambia — Visa Not RequiredTunisia — Visa Not RequiredAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — E-VisaQatar — E-VisaKuwait — Embassy VisaIraq — E-VisaOman — E-VisaVanuatu — Embassy VisaCambodia — Visa On ArrivalThailand — E-VisaLao People's Democratic Republic — Visa On ArrivalMyanmar — Embassy VisaViet Nam — E-VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic of — Embassy VisaMongolia — E-VisaIndia — E-VisaBangladesh — Visa On ArrivalBhutan — E-VisaNepal — Visa On ArrivalPakistan — E-VisaAfghanistan — E-VisaTajikistan — E-VisaKyrgyzstan — E-VisaTurkmenistan — E-VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — Visa On ArrivalSyrian Arab Republic — E-VisaArmenia — Embassy VisaSweden — Embassy VisaBelarus — Embassy VisaUkraine — Embassy VisaPoland — Embassy VisaAustria — Embassy VisaHungary — Embassy VisaMoldova, Republic of — E-VisaRomania — Embassy VisaLithuania — Embassy VisaLatvia — Embassy VisaEstonia — Embassy VisaGermany — Embassy VisaBulgaria — Embassy VisaGreece — Embassy VisaTürkiye — Embassy VisaAlbania — E-VisaCroatia — Embassy VisaSwitzerland — Embassy VisaLuxembourg — Embassy VisaBelgium — Embassy VisaNetherlands — Embassy VisaPortugal — Embassy VisaSpain — Embassy VisaIreland — Embassy VisaNew Caledonia — Embassy VisaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew Zealand — Embassy VisaAustralia — E-VisaSri Lanka — Visa On ArrivalChina — Embassy VisaTaiwan, Province of China — Embassy VisaItaly — Embassy VisaDenmark — Embassy VisaUnited Kingdom — Embassy VisaIceland — Embassy VisaAzerbaijan — Embassy VisaGeorgia — E-VisaPhilippines — Visa Not RequiredMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Embassy VisaSlovenia — Embassy VisaFinland — Embassy VisaSlovakia — Embassy VisaCzechia — Embassy VisaEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — Embassy VisaParaguay — Embassy VisaYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — Embassy VisaCyprus — Visa Not RequiredMorocco — Embassy VisaEgypt — Embassy VisaLibya — Visa Not RequiredEthiopia — Visa On ArrivalDjibouti — E-VisaUganda — Visa On ArrivalRwanda — Visa Not RequiredBosnia and Herzegovina — Embassy VisaNorth Macedonia — Embassy VisaSerbia — Embassy VisaMontenegro — Embassy VisaTrinidad and Tobago — Embassy VisaSouth Sudan — E-Visa
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Visa Not Required 42
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Cook Islands
Cuba
Cyprus
Côte d'Ivoire
Dominica
Ecuador
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Hong Kong
Kenya
Liberia
Libya
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritius
Micronesia, Federated States of
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Palestine, State of
Philippines
Pitcairn
Rwanda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Africa
Togo
Tunisia
Visa On Arrival 26
Bangladesh
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Burundi
Cambodia
Comoros
Congo
Ethiopia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Palau
Saint Lucia
Seychelles
Sri Lanka
Tanzania, United Republic of
Timor-Leste
Tuvalu
Uganda
Electronic Travel Authorization 1
Sri Lanka
E-Visa 53
Afghanistan
Albania
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahrain
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Cambodia
Cameroon
Colombia
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Djibouti
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Georgia
India
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritania
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Qatar
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
South Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Viet Nam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Embassy Visa 123
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Croatia
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Guam
Guatemala
Guyana
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mayotte
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Nauru
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russian Federation
Réunion
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Province of China
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Türkiye
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, U.S.
Wallis and Futuna
Yemen
Passport strength
67 / 230

destinations reachable visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an eTA.

Ranked #68 of 198 passports · full ranking

About Benin
Official
Republic of Benin
Capital
Porto-Novo
Currency
West African CFA franc
Language
French
Region
Africa
Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm on the official portal before booking travel.