Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

Australia vs Germany Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: Australia vs Germany?

The Germany passport is stronger with 125 visa-free destinations, 13 more than the next passport in this comparison. Australia ranks #42 of 199. Germany ranks #8 of 199.

Q: How many countries can all of them visit visa-free?

109 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria and Bahamas.

Q: Where can Australia citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

3 destinations: Germany, New Zealand and Rwanda.

Germany passport wins

125 visa-free destinations — 13 more than the Australia passport.

Australia

#42

112visa-free

Unlimited stay: 8
Visa on arrival: 42
eTA: 7
eVisa: 23
Visa required: 14
Only this passport: 3

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Germany

125visa-free

Unlimited stay: 39
Visa on arrival: 32
eTA: 9
eVisa: 18
Visa required: 14
Only this passport: 16

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Side by side

Visa-free

Australia · 112

Germany · 125

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

Australia · 161

Germany · 166

Visa on arrival

Australia · 42

Germany · 32

eTA

Australia · 7

Germany · 9

eVisa

Australia · 23

Germany · 18

Visa required

Australia · 14

Germany · 14

Where each passport travels visa-free

Visa-free for both (109)
Only Australia (3)
Only Germany (16)
Visa needed for both (71)

Only Australia visa-free (3)

Germany, New Zealand and Rwanda

Only Germany visa-free (16)

Brunei, Cape Verde, Chile, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Palau, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United Kingdom and Vietnam

Country-by-country comparison

Destination	Australia	Germany
Afghanistan	eVisa	Visa required
Albania	90 days	90 days
Algeria	Visa required	Visa required
Andorra	90 days	Unlimited
Angola	30 days	30 days
Antigua and Barbuda	180 days	180 days
Argentina	90 days	90 days
Armenia	180 days	180 days
Australia	Own country	eTA
Austria	90 days	Unlimited
Azerbaijan	eVisa	eVisa
Bahamas	90 days	90 days
Bahrain	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Barbados	180 days	90 days
Belarus	30 days	30 days
Belgium	90 days	Unlimited
Belize	Unlimited	Unlimited
Benin	eVisa	eVisa
Bhutan	eVisa	eVisa
Bolivia	90 days	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90 days	90 days
Botswana	90 days	90 days
Brazil	90 days	90 days
Brunei	Visa on arrival	90 days
Bulgaria	90 days	Unlimited
Burkina Faso	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Burundi	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Cambodia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Cameroon	eVisa	eVisa
Canada	eTA	eTA
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival	30 days
Central African Republic	Visa required	Visa required
Chad	Visa required	Visa required
Chile	eVisa	90 days
China	30 days	30 days
Colombia	90 days	Unlimited
Comoros	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Costa Rica	180 days	180 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eTA	eTA
Croatia	90 days	Unlimited
Cuba	eVisa	eVisa
Cyprus	90 days	Unlimited
Czechia	90 days	Unlimited
Denmark	90 days	Unlimited
Djibouti	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Dominica	180 days	180 days
Dominican Republic	Unlimited	Unlimited
DR Congo	eVisa	eVisa
Ecuador	90 days	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
El Salvador	180 days	180 days
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa	eVisa
Eritrea	Visa required	Visa required
Estonia	90 days	Unlimited
Eswatini	30 days	30 days
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Fiji	120 days	120 days
Finland	90 days	Unlimited
France	90 days	Unlimited
Gabon	eVisa	eVisa
Gambia	90 days	90 days
Georgia	360 days	360 days
Germany	90 days	Own country
Ghana	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Greece	90 days	Unlimited
Grenada	90 days	90 days
Guatemala	90 days	90 days
Guinea	eVisa	eVisa
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Guyana	90 days	90 days
Haiti	90 days	90 days
Honduras	90 days	90 days
Hong Kong	90 days	90 days
Hungary	90 days	Unlimited
Iceland	90 days	Unlimited
India	eVisa	eVisa
Indonesia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Iran	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Iraq	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Ireland	90 days	Unlimited
Israel	90 days	90 days
Italy	90 days	Unlimited
Jamaica	Unlimited	90 days
Japan	90 days	90 days
Jordan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Kazakhstan	30 days	30 days
Kenya	eTA	eTA
Kiribati	90 days	90 days
Kosovo	90 days	90 days
Kuwait	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Kyrgyzstan	30 days	60 days
Laos	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Latvia	90 days	Unlimited
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Lesotho	Unlimited	14 days
Liberia	Visa required	Visa required
Libya	eVisa	eVisa
Liechtenstein	90 days	Unlimited
Lithuania	90 days	Unlimited
Luxembourg	90 days	Unlimited
Macau	30 days	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Malawi	30 days	30 days
Malaysia	Unlimited	Unlimited
Maldives	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Mali	Visa required	Visa required
Malta	90 days	Unlimited
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Mauritius	90 days	90 days
Mexico	180 days	180 days
Micronesia	30 days	90 days
Moldova	90 days	90 days
Monaco	90 days	Unlimited
Mongolia	30 days	30 days
Montenegro	90 days	90 days
Morocco	90 days	90 days
Mozambique	Visa on arrival	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa	eVisa
Namibia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Nauru	Visa required	Visa required
Nepal	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Netherlands	90 days	Unlimited
New Zealand	Unlimited	eTA
Nicaragua	90 days	90 days
Niger	Visa required	Visa required
Nigeria	eVisa	eVisa
North Korea	Visa required	Visa required
North Macedonia	90 days	90 days
Norway	90 days	Unlimited
Oman	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Pakistan	eVisa	eTA
Palau	Visa on arrival	90 days
Palestine	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panama	90 days	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eTA	eTA
Paraguay	90 days	90 days
Peru	180 days	90 days
Philippines	30 days	30 days
Poland	90 days	Unlimited
Portugal	90 days	Unlimited
Qatar	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	Visa required
Romania	90 days	Unlimited
Russia	Visa required	eVisa
Rwanda	30 days	Visa on arrival
Saint Kitts and Nevis	90 days	90 days
Saint Lucia	42 days	90 days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	90 days	90 days
Samoa	Visa on arrival	90 days
San Marino	90 days	Unlimited
Sao Tome and Principe	eVisa	15 days
Saudi Arabia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Senegal	Visa on arrival	90 days
Serbia	90 days	90 days
Seychelles	90 days	90 days
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Singapore	Unlimited	90 days
Slovakia	90 days	Unlimited
Slovenia	90 days	Unlimited
Solomon Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Somalia	eVisa	Visa on arrival
South Africa	90 days	90 days
South Korea	90 days	90 days
South Sudan	eVisa	eVisa
Spain	90 days	Unlimited
Sri Lanka	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Sudan	Visa required	Visa required
Suriname	eTA	eTA
Sweden	90 days	Unlimited
Switzerland	90 days	Unlimited
Syria	eVisa	eVisa
Taiwan	90 days	90 days
Tajikistan	30 days	30 days
Tanzania	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Thailand	60 days	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	90 days
Togo	eVisa	eVisa
Tonga	Visa on arrival	90 days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa on arrival	90 days
Tunisia	90 days	120 days
Türkiye	90 days	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required	Visa required
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	90 days
Uganda	eVisa	eVisa
Ukraine	90 days	90 days
United Arab Emirates	30 days	90 days
United Kingdom	eTA	180 days
United States	eTA	eTA
Uruguay	90 days	90 days
Uzbekistan	30 days	30 days
Vanuatu	120 days	120 days
Vatican City	90 days	Unlimited
Venezuela	90 days	90 days
Vietnam	eVisa	45 days
Yemen	Visa required	Visa required
Zambia	90 days	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival

Australia vs Germany passport: which is stronger in 2026?

The Australia passport opens 112 destinations visa-free (#42 of 199), while the Germany passport opens 125 destinations visa-free (#8 of 199). The Germany passport is therefore the stronger one in this Australia vs Germany passport comparison, with 13 more visa-free destinations.

Counting visa on arrival and electronic travel authorisations (eTA) as well, the mobility scores are Australia 161 vs Germany 166. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by Australia citizens for 14 countries and by Germany citizens for 14 countries, and an online eVisa by 23 (Australia) and 18 (Germany).

Where both passports travel visa-free

Both passports are visa-free in 109 destinations, among them popular trips such as Japan, China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and 9 more. Neither passport gets visa-free entry to United States, Canada, India, Egypt, Russia, Indonesia and 2 more — plan an eVisa, eTA or embassy visa for those. 71 destinations require some kind of visa for every passport in this comparison.

Where only one of the passports is visa-free

Only Australia citizens can travel visa-free to 2 destinations: New Zealand and Rwanda.

Only Germany citizens can travel visa-free to 16 destinations: Brunei, Cape Verde, Chile, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Palau, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga and 4 more.

Visa-free access by continent

How the Australia vs Germany passports compare region by region (visa-free destinations per continent):

Africa (54 countries): Australia 13, Germany 16
Americas (35 countries): Australia 29, Germany 31
Asia (47 countries): Australia 19, Germany 22
Europe (49 countries): Australia 46, Germany 46
Oceania (14 countries): Australia 5, Germany 10

Holding both passports (dual citizenship)

A traveller with both passports can always use the stronger one for each trip. Combined, they open 128 destinations without a visa — 3 more than the Germany passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether Australia and Germany allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: Australia vs Germany?

The Germany passport is stronger with 125 visa-free destinations, 13 more than the next passport in this comparison. Australia ranks #42 of 199. Germany ranks #8 of 199.

How many countries can all of them visit visa-free?

109 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria and Bahamas.

Where can Australia citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

3 destinations: Germany, New Zealand and Rwanda.

Where can Germany citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

16 destinations: Brunei, Cape Verde, Chile, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Palau, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United Kingdom and 1 more.

Data: Passport Index dataset with official corrections (MIT) · updated 17 June 2026.

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