Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

China vs India Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: China vs India?

The China passport is stronger with 43 visa-free destinations, 16 more than the next passport in this comparison. China ranks #115 of 199. India ranks #152 of 199.

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

18 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Angola, Barbados, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Haiti, Iran and Jamaica.

China passport wins

43 visa-free destinations — 16 more than the India passport.

China

#115

43visa-free

Unlimited stay: 2
Visa on arrival: 38
eTA: 5
eVisa: 28
Visa required: 84
Only this passport: 25

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India

#152

27visa-free

Unlimited stay: 4
Visa on arrival: 28
eTA: 3
eVisa: 47
Visa required: 93
Only this passport: 9

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Side by side

Visa-free

China · 43

India · 27

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

China · 86

India · 58

Visa on arrival

China · 38

India · 28

eTA

China · 5

India · 3

eVisa

China · 28

India · 47

Visa required

China · 84

India · 93

Where each passport travels visa-free

Visa-free for both (18)
Only China (25)
Only India (9)
Visa needed for both (147)

Only China visa-free (25)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cuba, Georgia, Malawi, Maldives, Morocco, Mozambique, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Singapore, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Zambia

Only India visa-free (9)

Bhutan, El Salvador, Gambia, Macau, Nepal, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal and Trinidad and Tobago

Country-by-country comparison

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

China vs India passport: which is stronger in 2026?

The China passport opens 43 destinations visa-free (#115 of 199), while the India passport opens 27 destinations visa-free (#152 of 199). The China passport is therefore the stronger one in this China vs India passport comparison, with 16 more visa-free destinations.

If you also count destinations with a visa on arrival or an eTA, the totals become China 86 vs India 58. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by China citizens for 84 countries and by India citizens for 93 countries, and an online eVisa by 28 (China) and 47 (India).

Where both passports travel visa-free

Both passports are visa-free in 18 destinations, among them popular trips such as Thailand. Neither passport gets visa-free entry to United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, Mexico and 15 more — plan an eVisa, eTA or embassy visa for those. 147 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 25 destinations: Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cuba, Georgia, Malawi and 13 more.

Only India citizens can travel visa-free to 9 destinations: Bhutan, El Salvador, Gambia, Macau, Nepal, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal and Trinidad and Tobago.

Visa-free access by continent

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

Africa (54 countries): China 9, India 6
Americas (35 countries): China 11, India 9
Asia (47 countries): China 12, India 8
Europe (49 countries): China 7, India 0
Oceania (14 countries): China 4, India 4

Holding both passports (dual citizenship)

A traveller with both passports can always use the stronger one for each trip. Combined, they open 52 destinations without a visa — 9 more than the China passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether China and India allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: China vs India?

The China passport is stronger with 43 visa-free destinations, 16 more than the next passport in this comparison. China ranks #115 of 199. India ranks #152 of 199.

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

18 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Angola, Barbados, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Haiti, Iran and Jamaica.

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

25 destinations: Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cuba, Georgia, Malawi, Maldives, Morocco, Mozambique and 10 more.

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

9 destinations: Bhutan, El Salvador, Gambia, Macau, Nepal, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal and Trinidad and Tobago.

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

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