Fancy a holiday in the sun? SA passport holders can visit these 16 Caribbean countries visa-free!
The updated Henley & Partners Passport Index for 2023 lists 16 Caribbean countries that SA passport holders can visit without needing a visa.
The updated Henley & Partners Passport Index for 2023 outlines the 107 countries that South African passport holders can currently travel to without requiring a visa.
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The index included 199 passports and 227 travel destinations, ranking them quarterly in terms of travel power.
Each passport was scored on the total number of destinations that the holder can access visa-free.
South Africa placed 95th out of 199 countries with a visa-free score of 107.
That means there are 107 countries across the world that a South African passport holder can travel to visa-free.
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Meanwhile, the index found that the Singapore passport was the most powerful with a visa-free score of 193, followed by Japan on 191.
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain and Sweden all tied for third with 190.
Afghanistan sits at the bottom of the list with a score of 27.
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Of those 107 countries, 16 are in the Caribbean.
They are: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands.
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COUNTRIES SA PASSPORT HOLDERS CAN VISIT VISA-FREE PER REGION:
Africa – 35
Americas – 18
Asia – 17
Caribbean – 16
Europe – 4
Middle East – 8
Oceania – 9
THE 107 COUNTRIES SA PASSPORT HOLDERS CAN VISIT VISA-FREE:
* visa on arrival, ** electronic travel authority (ETA)
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia *
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bolivia *
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Burundi *
Cambodia *
Cape Verde Islands *
Cayman Islands
Chile
Comoro Islands *
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Djibouti *
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt *
El Salvador
eSwatini
Ethiopia *
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Gabon
Georgia
Ghana *
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau *
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong (SAR China)
Indonesia
Iran *
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan *
Kenya
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan *
Laos *
Lesotho
Macao (SAR China)
Madagascar *
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives *
Marshall Islands *
Mauritania *
Mauritius
Micronesia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal *
Nicaragua
Nigeria *
Niue
Oman
Pakistan **
Palau Islands *
Palestinian Territory
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Reunion
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Samoa *
Saudi Arabia *
Senegal
Seychelles *
Sierra Leone *
Singapore
Somalia *
South Korea **
Sri Lanka **
St. Helena *
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Tajikistan *
Tanzania
Thailand
The Gambia
Timor-Leste *
Togo *
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu *
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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