Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

France vs Saudi Arabia Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: France vs Saudi Arabia?

The France passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 71 more than the next passport in this comparison. France ranks #3 of 199. Saudi Arabia ranks #101 of 199.

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

44 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Albania, Angola, Armenia, Barbados, Belarus, Botswana, China and Dominica.

France passport wins

126 visa-free destinations — 71 more than the Saudi Arabia passport.

France

126visa-free

Unlimited stay: 37
Visa on arrival: 31
eTA: 9
eVisa: 18
Visa required: 14
Only this passport: 82

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Saudi Arabia

#101

55visa-free

Unlimited stay: 9
Visa on arrival: 31
eTA: 5
eVisa: 29
Visa required: 78
Only this passport: 11

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Side by side

Visa-free

France · 126

Saudi Arabia · 55

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

France · 166

Saudi Arabia · 91

Visa on arrival

France · 31

Saudi Arabia · 31

eTA

France · 9

Saudi Arabia · 5

eVisa

France · 18

Saudi Arabia · 29

Visa required

France · 14

Saudi Arabia · 78

Where each passport travels visa-free

Visa-free for both (44)
Only France (82)
Only Saudi Arabia (11)
Visa needed for both (62)

Only France visa-free (82)

Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and 42 more

Only Saudi Arabia visa-free (11)

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia and Syria

Country-by-country comparison

Destination	France	Saudi Arabia
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	eVisa
Argentina	90 days	Visa required
Armenia	180 days	Unlimited
Australia	eTA	eVisa
Austria	Unlimited	Visa required
Azerbaijan	eVisa	Visa on arrival
Bahamas	90 days	eVisa
Bahrain	Visa on arrival	Unlimited
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Barbados	90 days	90 days
Belarus	30 days	30 days
Belgium	Unlimited	Visa required
Belize	Unlimited	Visa required
Benin	eVisa	eVisa
Bhutan	eVisa	eVisa
Bolivia	90 days	Visa on arrival
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90 days	Visa required
Botswana	90 days	90 days
Brazil	90 days	Visa required
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	30 days
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	eVisa
Cyprus	Unlimited	Visa required
Czechia	Unlimited	Visa required
Denmark	Unlimited	Visa required
Djibouti	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Dominica	180 days	21 days
Dominican Republic	Unlimited	Visa required
DR Congo	eVisa	eVisa
Ecuador	90 days	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival	180 days
El Salvador	180 days	180 days
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	Visa required
Finland	Unlimited	Visa required
France	Own country	Visa required
Gabon	eVisa	eVisa
Gambia	90 days	90 days
Georgia	360 days	360 days
Germany	Unlimited	Visa required
Ghana	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Greece	Unlimited	Visa required
Grenada	90 days	Visa required
Guatemala	90 days	90 days
Guinea	eVisa	eVisa
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Guyana	90 days	Visa required
Haiti	90 days	90 days
Honduras	90 days	90 days
Hong Kong	90 days	30 days
Hungary	Unlimited	Visa required
Iceland	Unlimited	Visa required
India	eVisa	eVisa
Indonesia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Iran	Visa on arrival	15 days
Iraq	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Ireland	Unlimited	Visa required
Israel	90 days	Visa required
Italy	Unlimited	Visa required
Jamaica	30 days	Visa required
Japan	90 days	eVisa
Jordan	Visa on arrival	90 days
Kazakhstan	30 days	30 days
Kenya	eTA	eTA
Kiribati	90 days	90 days
Kosovo	90 days	90 days
Kuwait	Visa on arrival	Unlimited
Kyrgyzstan	60 days	60 days
Laos	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Latvia	Unlimited	Visa required
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	180 days
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 on arrival
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Malawi	30 days	Visa on arrival
Malaysia	90 days	90 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
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	eVisa
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	eTA
Nicaragua	90 days	90 days
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	Unlimited
Pakistan	eTA	90 days
Palau	90 days	Visa on arrival
Palestine	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panama	90 days	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eTA	eVisa
Paraguay	90 days	Visa required
Peru	90 days	Visa required
Philippines	30 days	30 days
Poland	Unlimited	Visa required
Portugal	Unlimited	Visa required
Qatar	Visa on arrival	Unlimited
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	Visa required
Romania	Unlimited	Visa required
Russia	eVisa	90 days
Rwanda	30 days	Visa on arrival
Saint Kitts and Nevis	90 days	90 days
Saint Lucia	90 days	Visa required
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	90 days	90 days
Samoa	90 days	Visa on arrival
San Marino	Unlimited	Visa required
Sao Tome and Principe	15 days	eVisa
Saudi Arabia	Visa on arrival	Own country
Senegal	90 days	Visa required
Serbia	90 days	Visa required
Seychelles	90 days	90 days
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Singapore	90 days	Unlimited
Slovakia	Unlimited	Visa required
Slovenia	Unlimited	Visa required
Solomon Islands	90 days	Visa required
Somalia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
South Africa	90 days	90 days
South Korea	90 days	30 days
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	Unlimited
Taiwan	90 days	eVisa
Tajikistan	30 days	30 days
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 required
Trinidad and Tobago	90 days	Visa required
Tunisia	90 days	90 days
Türkiye	90 days	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required	Visa required
Tuvalu	90 days	Visa on arrival
Uganda	eVisa	eVisa
Ukraine	90 days	90 days
United Arab Emirates	90 days	Unlimited
United Kingdom	180 days	eTA
United States	eTA	Visa required
Uruguay	90 days	Visa required
Uzbekistan	30 days	90 days
Vanuatu	120 days	120 days
Vatican City	Unlimited	Visa required
Venezuela	90 days	Visa required
Vietnam	45 days	eVisa
Yemen	Visa required	Visa on arrival
Zambia	90 days	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	eVisa

France vs Saudi Arabia passport: which is stronger in 2026?

The France passport opens 126 destinations visa-free (#3 of 199), while the Saudi Arabia passport opens 55 destinations visa-free (#101 of 199). The France passport is therefore the stronger one in this France vs Saudi Arabia passport comparison, with 71 more visa-free destinations.

If you also count destinations with a visa on arrival or an eTA, the totals become France 166 vs Saudi Arabia 91. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by France citizens for 14 countries and by Saudi Arabia citizens for 78 countries, and an online eVisa by 18 (France) and 29 (Saudi Arabia).

Where both passports travel visa-free

Both passports are visa-free in 44 destinations, among them popular trips such as China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, Morocco and 1 more. Neither passport gets visa-free entry to United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, New Zealand and 1 more — plan an eVisa, eTA or embassy visa for those. 62 destinations require some kind of visa for every passport in this comparison.

Where only one of the passports is visa-free

Only France citizens can travel visa-free to 82 destinations: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria and 70 more.

Only Saudi Arabia citizens can travel visa-free to 11 destinations: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia and Syria. Most of them (9) are in Asia, which reflects regional agreements and historical ties.

Visa-free access by continent

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

Africa (54 countries): France 17, Saudi Arabia 11
Americas (35 countries): France 31, Saudi Arabia 11
Asia (47 countries): France 22, Saudi Arabia 23
Europe (49 countries): France 46, Saudi Arabia 7
Oceania (14 countries): France 10, Saudi Arabia 3

Holding both passports (dual citizenship)

A traveller with both passports can always use the stronger one for each trip. Combined, they open 137 destinations without a visa — 11 more than the France passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether France and Saudi Arabia allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: France vs Saudi Arabia?

The France passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 71 more than the next passport in this comparison. France ranks #3 of 199. Saudi Arabia ranks #101 of 199.

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

44 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Albania, Angola, Armenia, Barbados, Belarus, Botswana, China and Dominica.

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

82 destinations: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia and 67 more.

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

11 destinations: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia and Syria.

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

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