Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

Belgium vs China Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: Belgium vs China?

The Belgium passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 83 more than the next passport in this comparison. Belgium ranks #3 of 199. China ranks #115 of 199.

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

37 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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

89 destinations: Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus and 74 more.

Belgium passport wins

126 visa-free destinations — 83 more than the China passport.

Belgium

126visa-free

Unlimited stay: 37
Visa on arrival: 31
eTA: 8
eVisa: 19
Visa required: 14
Only this passport: 89

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China

#115

43visa-free

Unlimited stay: 2
Visa on arrival: 38
eTA: 5
eVisa: 28
Visa required: 84
Only this passport: 6

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Side by side

Visa-free

Belgium · 126

China · 43

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

Belgium · 165

China · 86

Visa on arrival

Belgium · 31

China · 38

eTA

Belgium · 8

China · 5

eVisa

Belgium · 19

China · 28

Visa required

Belgium · 14

China · 84

Where each passport travels visa-free

Visa-free for both (37)
Only Belgium (89)
Only China (6)
Visa needed for both (67)

Only Belgium visa-free (89)

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia and 49 more

Only China visa-free (6)

Azerbaijan, Benin, Cuba, Iran, Maldives and Qatar

Country-by-country comparison

Destination	Belgium	China
Afghanistan	Visa required	Visa required
Albania	90 days	90 days
Algeria	Visa required	Visa required
Andorra	Unlimited	Visa required
Angola	30 days	30 days
Antigua and Barbuda	180 days	30 days
Argentina	90 days	Visa required
Armenia	180 days	180 days
Australia	eTA	eVisa
Austria	Unlimited	Visa required
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days
Bahamas	240 days	90 days
Bahrain	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Barbados	90 days	30 days
Belarus	30 days	30 days
Belgium	Own country	Visa required
Belize	Unlimited	Visa required
Benin	eVisa	30 days
Bhutan	eVisa	eVisa
Bolivia	90 days	Visa on arrival
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90 days	90 days
Botswana	90 days	eVisa
Brazil	90 days	30 days
Brunei	90 days	Visa on arrival
Bulgaria	Unlimited	Visa required
Burkina Faso	Visa on arrival	eVisa
Burundi	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Cambodia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Cameroon	eVisa	eVisa
Canada	eTA	Visa required
Cape Verde	30 days	Visa on arrival
Central African Republic	Visa required	Visa required
Chad	Visa required	Visa required
Chile	90 days	Visa required
China	30 days	Own country
Colombia	90 days	eVisa
Comoros	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Costa Rica	180 days	Visa required
Côte d'Ivoire	eTA	eTA
Croatia	Unlimited	Visa required
Cuba	eVisa	90 days
Cyprus	Unlimited	Visa required
Czechia	Unlimited	Visa required
Denmark	Unlimited	Visa required
Djibouti	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Dominica	180 days	180 days
Dominican Republic	Unlimited	Visa required
DR Congo	eVisa	eVisa
Ecuador	90 days	eVisa
Egypt	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
El Salvador	180 days	eVisa
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa	eVisa
Eritrea	Visa required	Visa required
Estonia	Unlimited	Visa required
Eswatini	30 days	Visa required
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Fiji	120 days	120 days
Finland	Unlimited	Visa required
France	Unlimited	Visa required
Gabon	eVisa	eVisa
Gambia	90 days	Visa required
Georgia	360 days	30 days
Germany	Unlimited	Visa required
Ghana	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Greece	Unlimited	Visa required
Grenada	90 days	30 days
Guatemala	90 days	Visa required
Guinea	eVisa	eVisa
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Guyana	90 days	Visa required
Haiti	90 days	90 days
Honduras	90 days	Visa required
Hong Kong	90 days	Visa required
Hungary	Unlimited	Visa required
Iceland	Unlimited	Visa required
India	eVisa	Visa required
Indonesia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Iran	Visa on arrival	21 days
Iraq	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Ireland	Unlimited	Visa required
Israel	90 days	Visa required
Italy	Unlimited	Visa required
Jamaica	90 days	30 days
Japan	90 days	eVisa
Jordan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Kazakhstan	30 days	30 days
Kenya	eTA	eTA
Kiribati	90 days	90 days
Kosovo	90 days	Visa required
Kuwait	Visa on arrival	Visa required
Kyrgyzstan	60 days	eVisa
Laos	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Latvia	Unlimited	Visa required
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Lesotho	14 days	eVisa
Liberia	Visa required	Visa required
Libya	eVisa	eVisa
Liechtenstein	Unlimited	Visa required
Lithuania	Unlimited	Visa required
Luxembourg	Unlimited	Visa required
Macau	90 days	Visa required
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Malawi	30 days	30 days
Malaysia	90 days	30 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival	30 days
Mali	Visa required	Visa required
Malta	Unlimited	Visa required
Marshall Islands	90 days	Visa required
Mauritania	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Mauritius	90 days	90 days
Mexico	180 days	Visa required
Micronesia	90 days	30 days
Moldova	90 days	eVisa
Monaco	Unlimited	Visa required
Mongolia	30 days	eVisa
Montenegro	90 days	Visa required
Morocco	90 days	90 days
Mozambique	30 days	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa	Visa on arrival
Namibia	Visa on arrival	Visa required
Nauru	Visa required	Visa required
Nepal	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Netherlands	Unlimited	Visa required
New Zealand	eTA	Visa required
Nicaragua	90 days	Visa required
Niger	Visa required	Visa required
Nigeria	eVisa	eVisa
North Korea	Visa required	Visa required
North Macedonia	90 days	Visa required
Norway	Unlimited	Visa required
Oman	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Pakistan	eVisa	eTA
Palau	90 days	Visa on arrival
Palestine	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panama	90 days	Visa required
Papua New Guinea	eTA	eTA
Paraguay	90 days	Visa required
Peru	90 days	Visa required
Philippines	30 days	14 days
Poland	Unlimited	Visa required
Portugal	Unlimited	Visa required
Qatar	Visa on arrival	30 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	Visa required
Romania	Unlimited	Visa required
Russia	eVisa	eVisa
Rwanda	30 days	Visa on arrival
Saint Kitts and Nevis	90 days	90 days
Saint Lucia	90 days	42 days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	90 days	Visa required
Samoa	90 days	Visa on arrival
San Marino	Unlimited	Visa required
Sao Tome and Principe	15 days	Visa on arrival
Saudi Arabia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Senegal	90 days	Visa on arrival
Serbia	90 days	30 days
Seychelles	90 days	90 days
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Singapore	90 days	30 days
Slovakia	Unlimited	Visa required
Slovenia	Unlimited	Visa required
Solomon Islands	90 days	Visa on arrival
Somalia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
South Africa	90 days	eVisa
South Korea	90 days	eVisa
South Sudan	eVisa	eVisa
Spain	Unlimited	Visa required
Sri Lanka	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Sudan	Visa required	Visa required
Suriname	eTA	eTA
Sweden	Unlimited	Visa required
Switzerland	Unlimited	Visa required
Syria	eVisa	eVisa
Taiwan	90 days	Visa required
Tajikistan	30 days	eVisa
Tanzania	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Thailand	60 days	60 days
Timor-Leste	90 days	Visa on arrival
Togo	eVisa	eVisa
Tonga	90 days	Visa on arrival
Trinidad and Tobago	90 days	Visa required
Tunisia	90 days	90 days
Türkiye	90 days	Unlimited
Turkmenistan	Visa required	Visa required
Tuvalu	90 days	Visa on arrival
Uganda	eVisa	eVisa
Ukraine	90 days	Visa required
United Arab Emirates	90 days	30 days
United Kingdom	180 days	Visa required
United States	eTA	Visa required
Uruguay	90 days	Visa required
Uzbekistan	30 days	10 days
Vanuatu	150 days	120 days
Vatican City	Unlimited	Visa required
Venezuela	90 days	Visa required
Vietnam	45 days	eVisa
Yemen	Visa required	Visa required
Zambia	90 days	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival

Belgium vs China passport: which is stronger in 2026?

The Belgium passport opens 126 destinations visa-free (#3 of 199), while the China passport opens 43 destinations visa-free (#115 of 199). The Belgium passport is therefore the stronger one in this Belgium vs China passport comparison, with 83 more visa-free destinations.

If you also count destinations with a visa on arrival or an eTA, the totals become Belgium 165 vs China 86. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by Belgium citizens for 14 countries and by China citizens for 84 countries, and an online eVisa by 19 (Belgium) and 28 (China).

Where both passports travel visa-free

Both passports are visa-free in 37 destinations, among them popular trips such as Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Brazil, Singapore, Morocco and Philippines. Neither passport gets visa-free entry to United States, Canada, Australia, India, Egypt, Russia and 4 more — plan an eVisa, eTA or embassy visa for those. 67 destinations require some kind of visa for every passport in this comparison.

Where only one of the passports is visa-free

Only Belgium citizens can travel visa-free to 88 destinations: Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and 76 more.

Only China citizens can travel visa-free to 6 destinations: Azerbaijan, Benin, Cuba, Iran, Maldives and Qatar.

Visa-free access by continent

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

Africa (54 countries): Belgium 17, China 9
Americas (35 countries): Belgium 31, China 11
Asia (47 countries): Belgium 22, China 12
Europe (49 countries): Belgium 46, China 7
Oceania (14 countries): Belgium 10, China 4

Holding both passports (dual citizenship)

A traveller with both passports can always use the stronger one for each trip. Combined, they open 132 destinations without a visa — 6 more than the Belgium passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether Belgium and China allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: Belgium vs China?

The Belgium passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 83 more than the next passport in this comparison. Belgium ranks #3 of 199. China ranks #115 of 199.

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

37 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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

89 destinations: Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus and 74 more.

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

6 destinations: Azerbaijan, Benin, Cuba, Iran, Maldives and Qatar.

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

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