Nigerian passport has achieved its highest ranking in five years, moving up to 88th position in the latest Henley Passport Index, released on July 18, 2025.
This marks a steady improvement from 91st earlier in the year and a more significant leap from 97th at the end of 2023.
However, despite the upward shift in global ranking, Nigerian passport holders still enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to only 44 countries, a number unchanged from last year.
Nigeria now shares the 88th spot with Ethiopia and Myanmar, maintaining a similar position to that recorded in the index’s January 2025 update.
Published quarterly, the Henley Passport Index ranks the world’s passports based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and insights from global mobility experts. It reflects the number of countries a passport grants access to without requiring a visa beforehand.
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Below is the full list of 44 countries Nigerian citizens can currently visit without a visa or with visa-on-arrival access:
Africa:
1. Benin
2. Burkina Faso
3. Burundi
4. Cameroon
5. Cape Verde
6. Chad
7. Comoros
8. Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
9. Djibouti
10. Gambia
11. Ghana
12. Guinea
13. Guinea-Bissau
14. Kenya
15. Liberia
16. Mali
17. Mauritania
18. Mauritius
19. Mozambique
20. Niger
21. Rwanda
22. Senegal
23. Sierra Leone
24. Somalia
25. Togo
Caribbean:
26. Barbados
27. Dominica
28. Haiti
29. Saint Kitts and Nevis
Asia & Oceania:
30. Cambodia
31. Cook Islands
32. Fiji
33. Iran
34. Kiribati
35. Lebanon
36. Maldives
37. Micronesia
38. Montserrat
39. Niue
40. Palau Islands
41. Samoa
42. Timor-Leste
43. Tuvalu
44. Vanuatu