HelloSafe Passport Index2026 edition · 199 passports · 194 destinations

The strongest passports in the world in 2026

199 passports scored on where they take you without a visa, weighted by where tourists really go. Singapore is first, ahead of Japan and South Korea.

Global top 3 · 2026score /100
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Key facts to remember

The strongest passports in 30 seconds

199passports scored against 194 destinations
160destinations open to the Singapore passport without a visa beforehand, the world's strongest
98.9%of the world's international tourism open to the South Korean passport, the highest share
16of the 20 strongest passports are European
Key takeaways · 20-second read
  • Singapore has the strongest passport in the world (92.6/100): 160 of 193 destinations without a visa obtained beforehand, which receive 97.8% of the world's international tourists.
  • Japan (92.0) and South Korea (91.3) complete the podium. The South Korean passport opens the largest share of world tourism: 98.9%.
  • 16 of the 20 strongest passports are European. Germany leads Europe (#4, 91.3/100), ahead of Croatia, Italy and Poland.
  • The United Arab Emirates opens the most destinations (168) but ranks 14th: the United States, the third most visited country in the world, still asks its citizens for a visa.
  • The United Kingdom is 20th, Canada 28th, Australia 31st and the United States 42nd.

How is the score built? See the methodology ↓

01 · World ranking

2026 ranking of the strongest passports

How to read the score: 100 would be a passport that enters every country in the world without a visa obtained beforehand. Half the score is the share of the world's international tourists who travel to the destinations it opens, 30% the share of the 193 other states it opens, 20% the share it opens without a visit to a consulate. Singapore scores 92.6: 160 destinations, which receive 97.8% of the world's tourists.

Where does your passport rank? Type your country: all 199 passports are ranked on this page. Click a passport to see how many destinations it opens, and how.

#1 worldwide · #1 in AsiaSingapore
92.6/10080–100

This passport opens 160 of 193 destinations without a visa obtained beforehand (129 visa-free, 8 with an electronic travel authorisation, 23 with a visa on arrival), and 22 more with a visa applied for online. Those destinations receive 97.8% of the world's international tourists. The full list of these destinations can be downloaded on this page.

Pillar breakdown
Share of world tourism open 50 %97.8
Destinations without a visa beforehand 30 %82.9
Destinations without a consulate visit 20 %94.3
Each pillar is a share in %: of the world's tourist arrivals, of the world's 193 other states, reached without a visa beforehand. Weighted into the overall 92.6.
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02 · World map

Passport strength around the world

Every passport in its band: 80 and over, 60 to 80, 40 to 60, under 40. Click a band to show or hide it, click a country for the rank and score of its passport.

#112 Fiji · 35.2#141 Tanzania · 23.9Not listed#28 Canada · 89.8#42 United States · 87.3#105 Kazakhstan · 38.4#121 Uzbekistan · 30.3#120 Papua New Guinea · 30.4#111 Indonesia · 35.3#47 Argentina · 83.1#44 Chile · 87.0#187 Congo - Kinshasa · 17.0#195 Somalia · 14.3#136 Kenya · 24.7#181 Sudan · 18.4#165 Chad · 20.7#161 Haiti · 21.1#117 Dominican Republic · 32.5#96 Russia · 50.5#51 Bahamas · 78.9Not listed#13 Norway · 91.1Not listedNot listed#93 Timor-Leste · 54.3#104 South Africa · 39.0#129 Lesotho · 27.3#56 Mexico · 76.3#53 Uruguay · 78.7#49 Brazil · 81.8#114 Bolivia · 33.9#58 Peru · 75.9#71 Colombia · 69.5#57 Panama · 76.0#54 Costa Rica · 76.8#86 Nicaragua · 64.4#81 Honduras · 65.6#70 El Salvador · 69.8#73 Guatemala · 69.1#107 Belize · 37.6#85 Venezuela · 64.7#116 Guyana · 32.9#119 Suriname · 31.1#18 France · 90.9#102 Ecuador · 39.6Not listed#110 Jamaica · 36.4#135 Cuba · 24.8#147 Zimbabwe · 22.8#127 Botswana · 27.6#130 Namibia · 27.3#154 Senegal · 22.1#176 Mali · 18.9#166 Mauritania · 20.6#143 Benin · 23.4#167 Niger · 20.5#192 Nigeria · 15.3#179 Cameroon · 18.6#160 Togo · 21.1#142 Ghana · 23.8#171 Côte d’Ivoire · 20.0#155 Guinea · 21.8#175 Guinea-Bissau · 19.0#184 Liberia · 17.9#157 Sierra Leone · 21.3#168 Burkina Faso · 20.5#177 Central African Republic · 18.9#180 Congo - Brazzaville · 18.5#151 Gabon · 22.5#172 Equatorial Guinea · 19.9#145 Zambia · 23.1#140 Malawi · 23.9#159 Mozambique · 21.3#137 Eswatini · 24.5#170 Angola · 20.1#183 Burundi · 18.0#50 Israel · 81.1#156 Lebanon · 21.5#153 Madagascar · 22.2#178 Palestinian Territories · 18.8#146 Gambia · 22.8#123 Tunisia · 30.1#163 Algeria · 21.0#132 Jordan · 26.3#14 United Arab Emirates · 91.0#94 Qatar · 52.5#98 Kuwait · 45.6#196 Iraq · 13.9#103 Oman · 39.3#118 Vanuatu · 31.2#138 Cambodia · 24.4#108 Thailand · 37.4#158 Laos · 21.3#152 Myanmar (Burma) · 22.2#131 Vietnam · 27.0#190 North Korea · 16.3#3 South Korea · 91.3#113 Mongolia · 34.1#133 India · 25.5#194 Bangladesh · 14.8#149 Bhutan · 22.6#186 Nepal · 17.1#197 Pakistan · 13.9#199 Afghanistan · 12.6#134 Tajikistan · 25.4#125 Kyrgyzstan · 29.3#173 Turkmenistan · 19.9#174 Iran · 19.5#198 Syria · 13.0#124 Armenia · 29.9#9 Sweden · 91.1#109 Belarus · 36.5#61 Ukraine · 75.3#7 Poland · 91.2#24 Austria · 90.4#12 Hungary · 91.1#84 Moldova · 64.9#40 Romania · 88.0#36 Lithuania · 88.5#33 Latvia · 89.3#29 Estonia · 89.8#4 Germany · 91.3#39 Bulgaria · 88.0#25 Greece · 90.4#97 Türkiye · 48.4#74 Albania · 68.6#5 Croatia · 91.2#11 Switzerland · 91.1#23 Luxembourg · 90.5#15 Belgium · 91.0#17 Netherlands · 90.9#26 Portugal · 90.1#16 Spain · 91.0#19 Ireland · 90.7Not listed#83 Solomon Islands · 64.9#30 New Zealand · 89.6#31 Australia · 89.6#182 Sri Lanka · 18.4#101 China · 39.8Not listed#6 Italy · 91.2#10 Denmark · 91.1#20 United Kingdom · 90.7#34 Iceland · 89.1#115 Azerbaijan · 33.2#68 Georgia · 70.1#128 Philippines · 27.6#38 Malaysia · 88.0#48 Brunei · 82.7#22 Slovenia · 90.6#8 Finland · 91.1#32 Slovakia · 89.5#27 Czechia · 90.0#191 Eritrea · 15.7#2 Japan · 92.0#60 Paraguay · 75.4#193 Yemen · 15.3#99 Saudi Arabia · 41.3#46 Cyprus · 84.4#46 Cyprus · 84.4#122 Morocco · 30.1#162 Egypt · 21.0#169 Libya · 20.3#188 Ethiopia · 16.8#185 Djibouti · 17.7#195 Somalia · 14.3#144 Uganda · 23.4#150 Rwanda · 22.5#82 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 65.2#77 North Macedonia · 66.8#64 Serbia · 72.3#72 Montenegro · 69.3#95 Kosovo · 52.4#63 Trinidad & Tobago · 72.9#189 South Sudan · 16.4#1 Singapore · 92.6#21 Malta · 90.6#45 Hong Kong SAR China · 86.9#100 Bahrain · 40.0#52 Macao SAR China · 78.7#55 Barbados · 76.8#69 Mauritius · 70.0#106 Maldives · 38.2#92 Kiribati · 61.2#62 Seychelles · 73.5#80 Micronesia · 65.8#76 Grenada · 67.1#87 Samoa · 64.4#139 Cape Verde · 24.0#88 Tonga · 63.6#148 São Tomé & Príncipe · 22.7#164 Comoros · 20.9#90 St. Lucia · 63.3
Showing 199 of 199 published countries · click a country for its info

Why are some countries grey? Territories without a passport of their own (Greenland, Puerto Rico…) are not scored. What this study does not show ↓

03 · Regional rankings

The strongest passports by region

Each continent ranked on its own, with every passport's place in the world ranking. Singapore leads Asia, Germany Europe, Canada the Americas, New Zealand Oceania and Seychelles Africa.

Not listedNot listedNot listed#45 Russia · 50.5#10 Norway · 91.1Not listed#14 France · 90.9Not listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listed#6 Sweden · 91.1#47 Belarus · 36.5#37 Ukraine · 75.3#4 Poland · 91.2#20 Austria · 90.4#9 Hungary · 91.1#43 Moldova · 64.9#32 Romania · 88.0#29 Lithuania · 88.5#26 Latvia · 89.3#24 Estonia · 89.8#1 Germany · 91.3#31 Bulgaria · 88.0#21 Greece · 90.4#46 Türkiye · 48.4#40 Albania · 68.6#2 Croatia · 91.2#8 Switzerland · 91.1#19 Luxembourg · 90.5#11 Belgium · 91.0#13 Netherlands · 90.9#22 Portugal · 90.1#12 Spain · 91.0#15 Ireland · 90.7#3 Italy · 91.2#7 Denmark · 91.1#16 United Kingdom · 90.7#27 Iceland · 89.1Not listedNot listed#18 Slovenia · 90.6#5 Finland · 91.1#25 Slovakia · 89.5#23 Czechia · 90.0Not listed#35 Cyprus · 84.4#35 Cyprus · 84.4Not listedNot listedNot listed#42 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 65.2#41 North Macedonia · 66.8#38 Serbia · 72.3#39 Montenegro · 69.3#44 Kosovo · 52.4#17 Malta · 90.6Europe · average 82.8 · 47 countries scored, 47 published

Strongest passports in Europe

  1. 1Germany91.3#4
  2. 2Croatia91.2#5
  3. 3Italy91.2#6
  4. 4Poland91.2#7
  5. 5Finland91.1#8
  6. 6Sweden91.1#9
  7. 7Denmark91.1#10
  8. 8Switzerland91.1#11
  9. 9Hungary91.1#12
  10. 10Norway91.1#13
  11. 11Belgium91.0#15
  12. 12Spain91.0#16
  13. 13Netherlands90.9#17
  14. 14France90.9#18
  15. 15Ireland90.7#19
  16. 16United Kingdom90.7#20
  17. 17Malta90.6#21
  18. 18Slovenia90.6#22
  19. 19Luxembourg90.5#23
  20. 20Austria90.4#24
  21. 21Greece90.4#25
  22. 22Portugal90.1#26
  23. 23Czechia90.0#27
  24. 24Estonia89.8#29
  25. 25Slovakia89.5#32
  26. 26Latvia89.3#33
  27. 27Iceland89.1#34
  28. 28Liechtenstein89.1#35
  29. 29Lithuania88.5#36
  30. 30Monaco88.4#37
  31. 31Bulgaria88.0#39
  32. 32Romania88.0#40
  33. 33Andorra87.4#41
  34. 34San Marino87.1#43
  35. 35Cyprus84.4#46
  36. 36Vatican City75.8#59
  37. 37Ukraine75.3#61
  38. 38Serbia72.3#64
  39. 39Montenegro69.3#72
  40. 40Albania68.6#74
  41. 41North Macedonia66.8#77
  42. 42Bosnia & Herzegovina65.2#82
  43. 43Moldova64.9#84
  44. 44Kosovo52.4#95
  45. 45Russia50.5#96
  46. 46Türkiye48.4#97
  47. 47Belarus36.5#109

Reader service: a strong passport gets you through the border, it does not pay the hospital. Entering without a visa says nothing about medical costs: a few days in hospital in the United States or Japan can cost more than the trip, and a medical flight home from Thailand runs into tens of thousands. Before you leave, compare medical limits and repatriation cover with our travel insurance comparison.

Reading the results

What the ranking says

Asia takes the podiumSingapore, Japan and South Korea hold the three first places. Singapore opens 160 destinations without a visa beforehand, Japan 156 and South Korea 153. Malaysia (38th) and Hong Kong (45th) are next in Asia.
Europe fills the top 2016 of the 20 strongest passports are European. Germany, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Finland and Sweden are separated by 0.2 point: their citizens enter 151 to 153 destinations without a visa beforehand, and those destinations receive about 97% of the world's tourists.
The most destinations is not the most travelThe United Arab Emirates opens 168 destinations without a visa beforehand, more than any other passport, but ranks 14th. The United States, the third most visited country in the world with 72.4 million arrivals in 2024, still asks Emiratis for a visa. That is why our score weights each destination by the tourists it actually receives.
Travel authorisations are the new visaMore and more countries ask visa-free travellers for an electronic travel authorisation before they fly: the ESTA for the United States, the UK ETA, Canada's eTA, and Europe's ETIAS once it starts. It is applied for online in minutes, so we count it as entry without a visa.
Your passport

Where does your passport rank?

United States42nd of 199, with 87.3/100. The US passport opens 147 destinations without a visa beforehand and 28 more with an online visa. China and Russia still ask for a consular visa, Vietnam, India and Brazil for an online one.
United Kingdom20th, with 90.7/100. The British passport opens 151 destinations without a visa beforehand, which receive 97.3% of the world's tourists, and 28 more with an online visa.
Canada28th, with 89.8/100, and the strongest passport in the Americas. It opens 150 destinations without a visa beforehand and 31 more with an online visa.
Australia31st, with 89.6/100, just behind New Zealand (30th). The Australian passport opens 148 destinations without a visa beforehand and 34 more with an online visa.
India133rd, with 25.5/100. The Indian passport opens 53 destinations without a visa beforehand and 53 more with an online visa, including the United Kingdom. Most of the world's busiest destinations, such as the Schengen countries and the United States, still ask for a visa from a consulate.

The full list, passport by passport: for each of the 199 passports, the entry rule of each of the 194 destinations (visa-free, travel authorisation, visa on arrival, eVisa or consular visa). Download the full list (CSV) → Free to reuse with credit to HelloSafe; the entry rules come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

04 · How we measure

Methodology

Built by HelloSafe's travel insurance team, independently of our comparison, from public sources only, so every entry rule can be checked at its source.

Passport score /100= 50% tourism + 30% destinations + 20% online50 %Share of world tourism open30 %Destinations without a visa beforehand20 %Destinations without a consulate visit
SourcesEntry rules: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" pages, one per nationality, themselves sourced from IATA Timatic and official government sites. Each page was read on 22 October 2026 and its exact revision is recorded in our dataset. Cross-check: the open dataset of passportindex.org (February 2026). Tourism: the 2026 edition of our most visited countries ranking, from UN Tourism and national statistics.
What is counted"Without a visa beforehand" means visa-free entry, an electronic travel authorisation (ESTA, eTA, ETA…) or a visa issued on arrival. "Without a consulate visit" adds visas applied for online. A visa from an embassy or consulate, or a refused entry, counts as closed. The destinations are 194 sovereign states, not territories. These are the rules for a short tourist stay, usually up to 90 days. Visas for work, study, residence or a long stay are not counted: almost every country requires them, whatever the passport. Each pillar is a share in %, so the scores read directly. The tourism pillar counts each open destination by its international tourist arrivals: opening France (100 million arrivals) weighs more than opening a country of 100,000. The passport's own country is left out.
Coverage199 passports: every country, plus the passports of Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Kosovo and Palestine. Every passport is scored on the same world scale, and all of them are shown on this page.
RobustnessRank correlation of 0.998 with equal weights, and 0.987 with a plain count of destinations without a visa beforehand.

Formula Score = 50% × share of world tourism open without a visa beforehand + 30% × share of the 193 other states open without a visa beforehand + 20% × share open without a consulate visit

What this study does not show
  • Rules change often. The ranking is a picture of entry rules on 22 October 2026: check the destination's official site before you travel.
  • This study covers short tourist stays only. Visas for work, study, residence or a long stay are outside it: most countries require them whatever the passport. Some countries also set conditions (a return ticket, proof of funds, a passport valid six months, travel insurance) that this study does not score.
  • A few cells of the source pages could not be read (20 of 38,409) and count as closed.
  • Tourism weights use 141 countries with an official arrivals figure. The United Arab Emirates, Lebanon or Iran, for example, have none and weigh nothing in the tourism pillar, but still count in the two others.
  • A government that bans its citizens from a country (South Korea for Afghanistan or Syria, for example) closes that destination in this study.
New in 2026First edition199 passportsWeighted by real tourismEvery rule dated and sourced

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05 · For journalists

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The strongest passports in the world#112 Fiji · 35.2#141 Tanzania · 23.9Not listed#28 Canada · 89.8#42 United States · 87.3#105 Kazakhstan · 38.4#121 Uzbekistan · 30.3#120 Papua New Guinea · 30.4#111 Indonesia · 35.3#47 Argentina · 83.1#44 Chile · 87.0#187 Congo - Kinshasa · 17.0#195 Somalia · 14.3#136 Kenya · 24.7#181 Sudan · 18.4#165 Chad · 20.7#161 Haiti · 21.1#117 Dominican Republic · 32.5#96 Russia · 50.5#51 Bahamas · 78.9Not listed#13 Norway · 91.1Not listedNot listed#93 Timor-Leste · 54.3#104 South Africa · 39.0#129 Lesotho · 27.3#56 Mexico · 76.3#53 Uruguay · 78.7#49 Brazil · 81.8#114 Bolivia · 33.9#58 Peru · 75.9#71 Colombia · 69.5#57 Panama · 76.0#54 Costa Rica · 76.8#86 Nicaragua · 64.4#81 Honduras · 65.6#70 El Salvador · 69.8#73 Guatemala · 69.1#107 Belize · 37.6#85 Venezuela · 64.7#116 Guyana · 32.9#119 Suriname · 31.1#18 France · 90.9#102 Ecuador · 39.6Not listed#110 Jamaica · 36.4#135 Cuba · 24.8#147 Zimbabwe · 22.8#127 Botswana · 27.6#130 Namibia · 27.3#154 Senegal · 22.1#176 Mali · 18.9#166 Mauritania · 20.6#143 Benin · 23.4#167 Niger · 20.5#192 Nigeria · 15.3#179 Cameroon · 18.6#160 Togo · 21.1#142 Ghana · 23.8#171 Côte d’Ivoire · 20.0#155 Guinea · 21.8#175 Guinea-Bissau · 19.0#184 Liberia · 17.9#157 Sierra Leone · 21.3#168 Burkina Faso · 20.5#177 Central African Republic · 18.9#180 Congo - Brazzaville · 18.5#151 Gabon · 22.5#172 Equatorial Guinea · 19.9#145 Zambia · 23.1#140 Malawi · 23.9#159 Mozambique · 21.3#137 Eswatini · 24.5#170 Angola · 20.1#183 Burundi · 18.0#50 Israel · 81.1#156 Lebanon · 21.5#153 Madagascar · 22.2#178 Palestinian Territories · 18.8#146 Gambia · 22.8#123 Tunisia · 30.1#163 Algeria · 21.0#132 Jordan · 26.3#14 United Arab Emirates · 91.0#94 Qatar · 52.5#98 Kuwait · 45.6#196 Iraq · 13.9#103 Oman · 39.3#118 Vanuatu · 31.2#138 Cambodia · 24.4#108 Thailand · 37.4#158 Laos · 21.3#152 Myanmar (Burma) · 22.2#131 Vietnam · 27.0#190 North Korea · 16.3#3 South Korea · 91.3#113 Mongolia · 34.1#133 India · 25.5#194 Bangladesh · 14.8#149 Bhutan · 22.6#186 Nepal · 17.1#197 Pakistan · 13.9#199 Afghanistan · 12.6#134 Tajikistan · 25.4#125 Kyrgyzstan · 29.3#173 Turkmenistan · 19.9#174 Iran · 19.5#198 Syria · 13.0#124 Armenia · 29.9#9 Sweden · 91.1#109 Belarus · 36.5#61 Ukraine · 75.3#7 Poland · 91.2#24 Austria · 90.4#12 Hungary · 91.1#84 Moldova · 64.9#40 Romania · 88.0#36 Lithuania · 88.5#33 Latvia · 89.3#29 Estonia · 89.8#4 Germany · 91.3#39 Bulgaria · 88.0#25 Greece · 90.4#97 Türkiye · 48.4#74 Albania · 68.6#5 Croatia · 91.2#11 Switzerland · 91.1#23 Luxembourg · 90.5#15 Belgium · 91.0#17 Netherlands · 90.9#26 Portugal · 90.1#16 Spain · 91.0#19 Ireland · 90.7Not listed#83 Solomon Islands · 64.9#30 New Zealand · 89.6#31 Australia · 89.6#182 Sri Lanka · 18.4#101 China · 39.8Not listed#6 Italy · 91.2#10 Denmark · 91.1#20 United Kingdom · 90.7#34 Iceland · 89.1#115 Azerbaijan · 33.2#68 Georgia · 70.1#128 Philippines · 27.6#38 Malaysia · 88.0#48 Brunei · 82.7#22 Slovenia · 90.6#8 Finland · 91.1#32 Slovakia · 89.5#27 Czechia · 90.0#191 Eritrea · 15.7#2 Japan · 92.0#60 Paraguay · 75.4#193 Yemen · 15.3#99 Saudi Arabia · 41.3#46 Cyprus · 84.4#46 Cyprus · 84.4#122 Morocco · 30.1#162 Egypt · 21.0#169 Libya · 20.3#188 Ethiopia · 16.8#185 Djibouti · 17.7#195 Somalia · 14.3#144 Uganda · 23.4#150 Rwanda · 22.5#82 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 65.2#77 North Macedonia · 66.8#64 Serbia · 72.3#72 Montenegro · 69.3#95 Kosovo · 52.4#63 Trinidad & Tobago · 72.9#189 South Sudan · 16.480–10060–8040–60under 40Source: HelloSafe, The strongest passports in the world in 2026
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“Singapore has the strongest passport in the world in 2026: its citizens can enter 160 of 193 destinations without a visa obtained beforehand, destinations that receive 97.8% of the world's international tourists, according to the HelloSafe Passport Index of 199 passports.”

“The United Arab Emirates passport opens the most destinations, 168, but ranks only 14th in the HelloSafe Passport Index, because the United States still requires a visa from Emirati citizens.”

“16 of the 20 strongest passports in the world are European, with Germany first in Europe and fourth worldwide.”

Quotes by Antoine Fruchard, travel insurance expert and author of the study · Contact us

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Singapore, with 92.6/100 in the HelloSafe Passport Index. Its citizens enter 160 of 193 destinations without a visa obtained beforehand. Japan (92.0) and South Korea (91.3) follow.

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Unlimited overseas medical as standard. Cancellation, luggage and liability are optional extras. What Discovery really pays.

Read the article →Allianz Comprehensive Package review: a $10,000,000 Canadian medical maximum, and four wordings with the same name

Allianz Comprehensive Package review: $10,000,000 medical, no deductible, and a 20% penalty if you skip the call.

Read the article →Manulife travel insurance review: $10 million of coverage, and the one thing we could not confirm

Manulife's own Canadian wordings: $10M medical, unlimited trip interruption, the $25,000 trap, and why $32 is not a quote.

Read the article →SoNomad travel insurance 2026: review, prices and coverage

SoNomad review: $5,000,000 medical, $40,000 cancellation, no liability coverage. Prices, coverage and limits read from the policy wording.

Read the article →Smart Travel Protection review: the $5.16 a day plan that carries no medical coverage until you add a bundle

Faye travel insurance review: what the $5.16 a day base plan covers, which bundles add medical, and 9 fixes to our card.

Read the article →World Nomads Standard Plan review: $125,000 of medical coverage, a contract with no schedule of benefits, and no pre-existing condition waiver

World Nomads Standard Plan review: $125,000 medical, $2,500 cancellation, no pre-existing waiver. Our card says $400,000.

Read the article →World Nomads Epic Plan 2026: review, prices and coverage

World Nomads Epic Plan review: $250,000 medical, $15,000 cancellation and an optional 75% Cancel For Any Reason upgrade, read from the policy wording.

Read the article →Atlas International Premium review: eleven limits go up, and the medical maximum is not one of them

Atlas International Premium review: what the upgrade adds over the base plan, the $20,000 cap after 80, and the real cost.

Read the article →Atlas International review: what the $500,000 maximum is really worth once you pick a deductible

Atlas International insurance review: $5.90/day, deductible from $0 to $5,000, and the age caps to check.

Read the article →Silver Plan review: €30,000 of Schengen visa cover at the lowest price we compare

Neat Silver Plan: €30,000 hospital cover, repatriation at actual costs, UK and European residents welcome, stays up to 12 months. From €9, €29 for 30 days.

Read the article →Neat Gold Plan: €80,000 of Schengen visa cover with a visa-refusal refund

Neat Gold Plan: €80,000 hospital cover, visa-refusal refund, UK and European residents welcome, stays up to 12 months. €34.80 for 30 days.

Read the article →Cap Schengen: Schengen visa insurance for travelers up to 85, with €30,000 hospital coverage

Cap Schengen by Chapka: €30,000 hospital coverage accepted by consulates, repatriation at actual cost, travelers up to 85. From €32 for a week.

Read the article →Schengen Campus: student visa insurance for a semester or a year in Europe

Schengen Campus by AVA: €30,000 medical cover for your student visa, €50,000 liability, certificate on payment. €508.50 for a 268-day academic year.

Read the article →Schengen Start: Schengen visa insurance with €50,000 liability and hospital bills paid directly

Schengen Start by AVA: €30,000 medical cover for your visa, hospital bills paid directly, €50,000 liability, stays up to 364 days. From €55 for 14 days.

Read the article →Go Schengen + review: Schengen visa cover with €3,500,000 of personal liability

Go Schengen +: €30,000 medical cover for your Schengen visa, repatriation at actual costs and €3,500,000 liability. €51 for 30 days, same price from 18 to 74.

Read the article →Go Schengen review: €30,000 of Schengen visa coverage from €17, at the same price for every age

Go Schengen: €30,000 medical coverage for your Schengen visa, repatriation at actual costs, certificate by email. From €17, same price from 18 to 74.

Read the article →Secure Gold review: up to €2,500,000 of medical cover, with the hospital paid directly

Secure Gold: up to €2,500,000 medical cover in the USA, hospital paid directly, cancellation with 42 accepted reasons. From €42.15 for a week in Spain.

Read the article →Nepal trekking insurance: which plan really covers altitude and helicopter rescue, from $58.53

Nepal trekking insurance: only one plan in our comparison still covers altitude trekking and rescue. Real quotes from $58.53.

Read the article →Bhutan travel insurance: what the visa really asks, and real quotes from $50.03

Bhutan's visa does not ask for travel insurance. What the rules really say, and real quotes from $50.03 for 10 days.

Read the article →Turkey visa insurance: the 30,000 euro rule, and the visa that needs none

Turkey visa insurance is required for the sticker visa and residence permits, not the e-Visa. See the rules and real prices.

Read the article →UAE visit visa insurance: what the file needs, and coverage from $50.03

Health insurance is required to file a UAE visit visa. See what each route asks for, plus real quotes from $50.03.

Read the article →Saudi visa insurance: what the e-visa's $26,667 cap pays, and what it misses

Saudi visa insurance is capped at $26,667 by the e-visa. See what it pays, what it skips and real plans from $27 a week.

Read the article →Iran travel insurance: what is actually documented, and what we could not confirm

Iran travel insurance is said to be mandatory with your visa. No government source we could read confirms it. Here is why.

Read the article →Myanmar travel insurance: the state policy, the Level 4 problem, and what still pays

Myanmar travel insurance: the state insurer rule we could not verify, and the Level 4 clauses that switch your coverage off.

Read the article →Zanzibar travel insurance: the compulsory $44 policy, and what it does not cover

Zanzibar travel insurance: the compulsory $44 ZIC policy, what it leaves out, and real plans from $64.59 for 10 days.

Read the article →Qatar health insurance for visitors: who is exempt, and what the QAR 150,000 policy really covers

Qatar health insurance for visitors: most short-stay tourists are exempt. See who must buy it, what it costs, what it misses.

Read the article →Rwanda travel insurance: what the rules really say, and what coverage costs

Rwanda travel insurance is not an entry requirement. Official sources, real quotes from $64.70, and the real evacuation risk.

Read the article →Seychelles travel insurance: what the eTA really asks for, and real quotes from $124.12 for two

Seychelles travel insurance: not an eTA requirement. Official sources, real quotes from $64.70, and the sea rescue gap.

Read the article →Ukraine travel insurance: what the border asks for, and why we cannot sell it

Ukraine asks for coverage from a locally registered insurer. We priced it: 5 plans quote, all exclude war.

Read the article →Belarus travel insurance: the 10,000 EUR rule, and the exclusion behind every quote

Belarus asks for 10,000 EUR of medical cover. We priced it and read the wordings: every plan that quotes can exclude it.

Read the article →Mandatory travel insurance for Cuba: what the border checks, and the plans that clear it

Cuba checks your medical coverage at the border. See what counts as proof, which plans qualify and real quotes from $64.98.

Read the article →Mandatory travel insurance for Argentina: what Decree 366/2025 really asks for, and which plans qualify

Mandatory travel insurance for Argentina: what Decree 366/2025 really requires, and which plans qualify. Compare real quotes.

Read the article →Russia visa insurance: the €30,000 certificate a consulate will actually accept

What a Russian consulate checks on your certificate: €30,000, whole stay, repatriation named. Compare Russia visa insurance.

Read the article →DTV visa insurance: what Thai consulates really ask, and coverage from $2.62 a day

No single Thai rule for the DTV: what each consulate really asks, where USD 50,000 comes from, and coverage from $2.62 a day.

Read the article →Countries that require travel insurance: the checked 2026 list

Countries that require travel insurance, checked rule by rule: Georgia, Cuba, Kenya, Belarus, Schengen. From $39.41.

Read the article →Super visa insurance: the CAD 100,000 rule, and who can legally sell it to you

What Canada really requires for super visa insurance: CAD 100,000, 1 year, a Canadian or OSFI insurer.

Read the article →Georgia travel insurance: the mandatory 30,000 GEL rule, and real plans from $39.27

Georgia travel insurance is mandatory since 2026: 30,000 GEL minimum, in English. Compare real plans from $39.27 for 8 days.

Read the article →Travel medical insurance for US travelers: real cover from $5.16 a day

Travel medical insurance for US travelers: real quotes from $5.16/day, cover up to $587,000, and the fine print that pays.

Read the article →Travel insurance for Croatia: real quotes from $38.23 for 8 days

Compare travel insurance for Croatia: real quotes from $38.23 for 8 days, plus charter, sea rescue and GHIC cover.

Read the article →Direct Line Travel Insurance Review (2026): Why You Can No Longer Buy It, and What Your Policy Still Covers

Direct Line no longer sells new travel insurance. What your policy still covers, how to claim, and real UK alternatives from £15.81.

Read the article →AA Travel Insurance Review (2026): Cover Limits, the £15 Million Question, Exclusions and Real Prices

Independent AA review: Bronze, Silver and Gold limits, the £15m question, what is excluded, and real UK prices.

Read the article →Big Cat Travel Insurance Review (2026): Cover Limits, the Age Caps, Exclusions and Real Prices

Independent Big Cat review: Budget, Standard and Premier limits, the age caps, what is excluded, and real prices in pounds.

Read the article →Puffin Travel Insurance Review (2026): Cover Limits, the Excess, Exclusions and Real Prices

Independent Puffin review: Silver, Gold and Platinum limits, the excess, what is excluded, and real prices in pounds.

Read the article →Holiday Extras Travel Insurance Review (2026): Cover Limits, Exclusions, Real Prices and the Best Alternatives

Independent Holiday Extras review: Bronze, Silver and Gold limits, the excess, what is excluded, and real prices in pounds.

Read the article →Saga Travel Insurance Review (2026): the Over-50s Rule, Cover Limits, Real Prices and Cheaper Alternatives

Independent Saga review: the over-50s rule, cover limits, excess options and real quotes in pounds for UK travellers.

Read the article →Avanti Travel Insurance Review (2026): Trip Limits, Cover Levels, Real Prices and Cheaper Alternatives

Independent Avanti review: trip length limits by age, cover levels, excess, renewal traps and real quotes in pounds.

Read the article →AllClear Travel Insurance Review (2026): Cover Limits, Medical Screening, Real Prices and Cheaper Alternatives

Independent AllClear review: cover limits, medical screening, excess and real quotes in pounds for UK travellers.

Read the article →Travel insurance for Portugal: real quotes from $21.39 for a week

Compare travel insurance for Portugal: real quotes from $21.39 a week, plus surfing, rescue costs and GHIC cover explained.

Read the article →Travel insurance for South Africa: real quotes from $38.23 for two weeks

Compare travel insurance for South Africa: real quotes from $38.23 for 14 days, malaria, safari and theft cover explained.

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