The Discreet Investor
World Passport Index · October 2026
Yemen passport: rank 193 of 199
The Yemen passport scores 33.8 out of 100 in our Investor Score and opens 26 destinations without a prior visa (Mobility Score 44.3, rank 194).
Photo: Shibam, Hadhramaut · Jialiang Gao · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
Investor Score
How the Yemen passport scores on each pillar
| Pillar | Points | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted mobility | 2.5 / 30 | 26 of 198 destinations without a prior visa; 8% 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 | 8.2 / 15 | On the FATF grey list (increased monitoring); On the EU list of high-risk third countries |
| Tax and obligations | 15.0 / 15 | No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad. |
| Citizenship flexibility | 5.5 / 10 | Not established yet; Not established yet; Not established yet |
| Stability and consular protection | 2.5 / 10 | Political stability 22/100 · rule of law 27/100 · embassies or consulates in 48 countries. |
| Investor Score | 33.8 / 100 |
Weighted mobility
Where Yemen 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-free7
- Dominica · 21 days
- Malaysia · 90 days
- Micronesia · 30 days
- Samoa · 60 days
- St Vincent & the Grenadines
- Sudan · 30 days
- Syria
Electronic travel authorisation2
- Seychelles
- Sri Lanka · 30 days
Visa on arrival17
- Burundi
- Cambodia · 30 days
- Cape Verde
- Comoros · 45 days
- Djibouti
- Guinea-Bissau · 90 days
- Laos · 30 days
- Lebanon
- Macao
- Madagascar · 90 days
- Maldives · 30 days
- Nepal · 90 days
- Palau · 30 days
- Rwanda · 30 days
- Tajikistan · 45 days
- Timor-Leste · 30 days
- Tuvalu
E-visa59
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Colombia
- Côte d’Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Qatar
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- St Kitts & Nevis
- Suriname
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visa required108
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Spain
- St Lucia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tonga
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
Entry refused or restricted1
Right to live and work
Where Yemen citizens can live and work
Yemen 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 Yemen citizens
Banking
- On the FATF grey list (increased monitoring)
- On the EU list of high-risk third countries
Tax and obligations
- No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad.
Citizenship
- Not established yet
- Not established yet
- Not established yet
Stability and consular network
- Political stability 22/100 · rule of law 27/100 · embassies or consulates in 48 countries.
Some indicators are estimated from regional medians: Citizenship flexibility.
Yemen passport: common questions
How many countries can Yemen passport holders visit without a visa? +
26 of the 198 other passport-issuing jurisdictions: 7 visa-free, 2 with an electronic travel authorisation and 17 with a visa on arrival. A further 59 offer an e-visa, and 109 require a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Do Yemen 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 Yemen passport good for investors? +
It ranks 193 of 199 in the Investor Score, with 33.8 points out of 100. Its strongest pillar is Tax and obligations; 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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