Traveling abroad is easier for citizens of Seychelles, Mauritius, and South Africa than for those of Ethiopia, DRC or Djibouti, reads Passportindex.org which issued the global index of passports in terms of easiness to travel.
Thus, a citizen of Seychelles can freely travel to 126 countries around the world (to 96 of them visa free and with a visa on arrival in 30 of them). On the opposite, having a Somali passport, one can travel to about 30 nations worldwide without a visa.
Worldwide, Germans are the ones with the ability to travel visa-free to the most countries (158 countries) and Afghans are the ones most asked a visa, except in 23 countries where they can travel to visa-free.
African passport ranking
(Visa-free or visa on arrival destinations )
| 1 | Seychelles | 126 |
| 2 | Mauritius | 118 |
| 3 | South Africa | 90 |
| 4 | Botswana | 69 |
| 5 | Lesotho | 66 |
| 6 | Malawi | 65 |
| 7 | Swaziland | 64 |
| 7 | Namibia | 64 |
| 7 | Kenya | 64 |
| 10 | Gambia | 63 |
| 10 | Cape Verde | 63 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 62 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 61 |
| 14 | Zambia | 59 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 58 |
| 16 | Ghana | 57 |
| 16 | Uganda | 57 |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 56 |
| 19 | Morocco | 55 |
| 19 | Benin | 55 |
| 21 | Guinea | 54 |
| 21 | Cote d’Ivoire | 54 |
| 23 | Senegal | 53 |
| 23 | Sao Tomé | 53 |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 52 |
| 25 | Mauritania | 52 |
| 27 | Mali | 51 |
| 28 | Togo | 50 |
| 29 | Niger | 49 |
| 29 | Madagascar | 49 |
| 31 | Mozambique | 48 |
| 31 | Rwanda | 48 |
| 31 | Chad | 48 |
| 31 | Gabon | 48 |
| 31 | Egypt | 48 |
| 36 | Guinea Bissau | 47 |
| 36 | Algeria | 47 |
| 36 | Comoros | 47 |
| 39 | Liberia | 44 |
| 39 | Central Africa | 44 |
| 41 | Angola | 43 |
| 41 | Cameroon | 43 |
| 41 | Congo | 43 |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 43 |
| 45 | Burundi | 42 |
| 46 | Nigeria | 41 |
| 47 | Djibouti | 40 |
| 48 | DR Congo | 39 |
| 49 | Libya | 37 |
| 50 | Eritrea | 36 |
| 51 | Sudan | 36 |
| 52 | South Sudan | 34 |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 34 |
| 54 | Somalia | 30 |
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