The Discreet Investor
World Passport Index · October 2026
Rwanda passport: rank 119 of 199
The Rwanda passport scores 47.7 out of 100 in our Investor Score and opens 61 destinations without a prior visa (Mobility Score 67.7, rank 142).
Photo: Hills of Rwanda · Peace Batuma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
Investor Score
How the Rwanda passport scores on each pillar
| Pillar | Points | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted mobility | 3.4 / 30 | 61 of 198 destinations without a prior visa; 11% of the maximum once destinations are weighted by economic importance. |
| Right to live and work | 0.0 / 20 | No automatic right to live and work in another country. |
| Banking access | 15.0 / 15 | Not on the FATF, EU or sanctions lists that banks check. |
| Tax and obligations | 15.0 / 15 | No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad. |
| Citizenship flexibility | 9.0 / 10 | Dual citizenship allowed; Passed automatically to children born abroad; Can be withdrawn on strict security grounds |
| Stability and consular protection | 5.3 / 10 | Political stability 68/100 · rule of law 60/100 · embassies or consulates in 46 countries. |
| Investor Score | 47.7 / 100 |
Weighted mobility
Where Rwanda passport holders can travel
Entry rules for a short tourist or business stay, by category. Destinations are the 199 passport-issuing jurisdictions; dependent territories will be added in the first full edition.
Visa-free30
- Angola · 90 days
- Bahamas · 90 days
- Barbados · 90 days
- Benin · 90 days
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Côte d’Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Dominica
- Ecuador · 90 days
- Ghana · 60 days
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Kenya
- Kiribati · 90 days
- Mauritius · 90 days
- Micronesia · 30 days
- Palestine
- Philippines · 30 days
- Qatar · 30 days
- Senegal · 90 days
- Seychelles
- Singapore · 30 days
- St Vincent & the Grenadines
- São Tomé & Príncipe · 15 days
- Tanzania · 90 days
- Uganda · 90 days
- Vanuatu · 120 days
Visa on arrival29
- Bangladesh · 30 days
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Cambodia · 30 days
- Cape Verde · 45 days
- Comoros
- Ethiopia · 90 days
- Guinea-Bissau · 90 days
- Indonesia · 30 days
- Iran · 30 days
- Jordan
- Laos · 30 days
- Macao
- Madagascar · 90 days
- Maldives · 30 days
- Mali
- Mozambique · 30 days
- Namibia
- Nepal · 90 days
- Nicaragua · 30 days
- Nigeria · 90 days
- Palau · 30 days
- Republic of the Congo
- Samoa · 90 days
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Timor-Leste · 30 days
- Tuvalu
- Zambia · 90 days
- Zimbabwe · 90 days
E-visa39
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Papua New Guinea
- Somalia
- St Kitts & Nevis
- Suriname
- Syria
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad & Tobago
- United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam
Visa required98
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gambia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- St Lucia
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Yemen
Right to live and work
Where Rwanda citizens can live and work
Rwanda citizens have no automatic right to live and work in another country: residence abroad depends on each country's immigration rules — or on a residence or citizenship by investment programme.
Banking access · Tax and obligations · Citizenship flexibility
Banking, tax and citizenship rules for Rwanda citizens
Banking
- Not on the FATF, EU or sanctions lists that banks check.
Tax and obligations
- No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad.
Citizenship
- Dual citizenship allowed
- Passed automatically to children born abroad
- Can be withdrawn on strict security grounds
Stability and consular network
- Political stability 68/100 · rule of law 60/100 · embassies or consulates in 46 countries.
Rwanda passport: common questions
How many countries can Rwanda passport holders visit without a visa? +
61 of the 198 other passport-issuing jurisdictions: 30 visa-free, 2 with an electronic travel authorisation and 29 with a visa on arrival. A further 39 offer an e-visa, and 98 require a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Do Rwanda citizens need a visa for the Schengen area, the United Kingdom and the United States? +
Schengen area (France): Visa required. United Kingdom: Visa required. United States: Visa required.
Is the Rwanda passport good for investors? +
It ranks 119 of 199 in the Investor Score, with 47.7 points out of 100. Its strongest pillar is Banking access; its weakest is Right to live and work.
Sources: entry rules from the Wikipedia article Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), read in October 2026; other pillars from official lists, legislation, the World Bank, UNDP and UN Tourism. Preliminary edition — see the methodology.
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