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South Africa passport

Holders of a South Africa passport can enter 60 destinations visa free and reach 130 destinations in total without applying for a visa in advance.

#97
of 199 passports
Ranked by 130 destinations reachable without applying for a visa in advance.
60visa free
26visa on arrival
38e-Visa
6ETA
68visa required

Visa free60

Antigua & Barbuda Visa free for 180 days Angola Visa free for 30 days Argentina Visa free for 90 days Barbados Visa free for 180 days Benin Visa free for 90 days Bolivia Visa free for 90 days Brazil Visa free for 90 days Bahamas Visa free for 90 days Botswana Visa free for 90 days Belize Visa free Chile Visa free for 90 days Costa Rica Visa free for 180 days Dominica Visa free for 180 days Dominican Republic Visa free for 30 days Ecuador Visa free for 90 days Fiji Visa free for 120 days Micronesia Visa free for 30 days Gabon Visa free for 30 days Grenada Visa free for 90 days Georgia Visa free for 365 days Ghana Visa free for 90 days Gambia Visa free for 90 days Guatemala Visa free for 90 days Guyana Visa free for 30 days Hong Kong SAR China Visa free for 30 days Honduras Visa free for 90 days Haiti Visa free for 90 days Jamaica Visa free Kenya Visa free for 90 days Kiribati Visa free for 90 days St. Lucia Visa free for 42 days Lesotho Visa free Macao SAR China Visa free for 30 days Mauritius Visa free for 90 days Malawi Visa free for 90 days Malaysia Visa free for 90 days Mozambique Visa free Namibia Visa free for 90 days Nicaragua Visa free for 90 days Panama Visa free for 90 days Peru Visa free for 180 days Philippines Visa free for 30 days Palestinian Territories Visa free Paraguay Visa free for 90 days Qatar Visa free for 30 days Russia Visa free for 90 days Rwanda Visa free for 30 days Singapore Visa free for 30 days El Salvador Visa free for 180 days Eswatini Visa free for 30 days Thailand Visa free for 30 days Tunisia Visa free for 90 days Trinidad & Tobago Visa free for 90 days Tanzania Visa free for 90 days Uruguay Visa free for 90 days St. Vincent & Grenadines Visa free for 90 days Venezuela Visa free for 90 days Vanuatu Visa free for 120 days Zambia Visa free for 90 days Zimbabwe Visa free for 90 days

Visa on arrival26

Armenia Visa on arrival (up to 120 days) Burundi Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Cape Verde Visa on arrival Djibouti Visa on arrival (up to 90 days) Egypt Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Ethiopia Visa on arrival (up to 90 days) Guinea-Bissau Visa on arrival (up to 90 days) Indonesia Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Iran Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Jordan Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Cambodia Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Comoros Visa on arrival (up to 45 days) Laos Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Sri Lanka Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Madagascar Visa on arrival (up to 90 days) Marshall Islands Visa on arrival (up to 90 days) Maldives Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Nepal Visa on arrival (up to 150 days) Oman Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Palau Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Saudi Arabia Visa on arrival (up to 90 days) Sierra Leone Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Senegal Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Timor-Leste Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Tuvalu Visa on arrival (up to 30 days) Samoa Visa on arrival (up to 90 days)

e-Visa38

United Arab Emirates e-Visa required before travel Albania e-Visa required before travel Australia e-Visa required before travel Azerbaijan e-Visa required before travel Burkina Faso e-Visa required before travel Bahrain e-Visa required before travel Bhutan e-Visa required before travel Congo - Kinshasa e-Visa required before travel Cameroon e-Visa required before travel Colombia e-Visa required before travel Cuba e-Visa required before travel Guinea e-Visa required before travel Equatorial Guinea e-Visa required before travel India e-Visa required before travel Iraq e-Visa required before travel Japan e-Visa required before travel Kyrgyzstan e-Visa required before travel Kazakhstan e-Visa required before travel Libya e-Visa required before travel Moldova e-Visa required before travel Myanmar (Burma) e-Visa required before travel Mongolia e-Visa required before travel Mauritania e-Visa required before travel Nigeria e-Visa required before travel Pakistan e-Visa required before travel Somalia e-Visa required before travel Suriname e-Visa required before travel South Sudan e-Visa required before travel São Tomé & Príncipe e-Visa required before travel Syria e-Visa required before travel Chad e-Visa required before travel Togo e-Visa required before travel Tajikistan e-Visa required before travel Türkiye e-Visa required before travel Ukraine e-Visa required before travel Uganda e-Visa required before travel Uzbekistan e-Visa required before travel Vietnam e-Visa required before travel

Electronic travel authorisation (ETA)6

Côte d’Ivoire Electronic travel authorisation required Israel Electronic travel authorisation required St. Kitts & Nevis Electronic travel authorisation required South Korea Electronic travel authorisation required Papua New Guinea Electronic travel authorisation required Seychelles Electronic travel authorisation required

Visa required68

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