Holders of the Nigerian passport can currently travel to 44 destinations worldwide without needing to secure a visa prior to departure, according to the latest global passport rankings.
Data released by Henley & Partners places the Nigerian passport at 90th place globally out of 199 evaluated passports. This represents a one-position dip from the 89th spot Nigeria held in the previous quarterly index, even though the country’s overall visa-free score remained steady at 44. The index draws on statistics provided by the International Air Transport Association to measure how many global destinations can be accessed via visa-free entry, visas on arrival, or electronic visas.
The 44 destinations accessible to Nigerian citizens—encompassing visa-free entry, visa-on-arrival, and e-visa arrangements—are:
- Barbados
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi (Visa on arrival)
- Cambodia (Visa on arrival)
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde Islands
- Chad
- Comoro Islands (Visa on arrival)
- Cook Islands
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Fiji
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Iran (Visa on arrival)
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Madagascar (Visa on arrival)
- Maldives (Visa on arrival)
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Niue (Visa on arrival)
- Palau Islands (Visa on arrival)
- Rwanda
- Samoa (Visa on arrival)
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- The Gambia
- Timor-Leste (Visa on arrival)
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
While these locations permit entry without an advance visa, travelers are advised to verify specific conditions, entry requirements, and duration limitations with official immigration authorities or diplomatic missions before scheduling any trips.
