Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

China vs France Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: China vs France?

The France passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 83 more than the next passport in this comparison. China ranks #115 of 199. France ranks #3 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 France citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

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

France passport wins

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

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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France

126visa-free

Unlimited stay: 37
Visa on arrival: 31
eTA: 9
eVisa: 18
Visa required: 14
Only this passport: 89

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Side by side

Visa-free

China · 43

France · 126

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

China · 86

France · 166

Visa on arrival

China · 38

France · 31

eTA

China · 5

France · 9

eVisa

China · 28

France · 18

Visa required

China · 84

France · 14

Where each passport travels visa-free

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

Only China visa-free (6)

Azerbaijan, Benin, Cuba, Iran, Maldives and Qatar

Only France visa-free (89)

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

Country-by-country comparison

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

China vs France passport: which is stronger in 2026?

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

Counting visa on arrival and electronic travel authorisations (eTA) as well, the mobility scores are China 86 vs France 166. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by China citizens for 84 countries and by France citizens for 14 countries, and an online eVisa by 28 (China) and 18 (France).

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

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

Visa-free access by continent

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

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

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 France passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether China and France allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: China vs France?

The France passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 83 more than the next passport in this comparison. China ranks #115 of 199. France ranks #3 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 China citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

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

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

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

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

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