Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

Ireland vs Spain Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: Ireland vs Spain?

The Spain passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 6 more than the next passport in this comparison. Ireland ranks #23 of 199. Spain ranks #3 of 199.

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

117 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 Ireland citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

3 destinations: Malawi, Spain and Uganda.

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

9 destinations: Ireland, Laos, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vietnam.

Spain passport wins

126 visa-free destinations — 6 more than the Ireland passport.

Ireland

#23

120visa-free

Unlimited stay: 39
Visa on arrival: 37
eTA: 8
eVisa: 19
Visa required: 14
Only this passport: 3

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Spain

126visa-free

Unlimited stay: 37
Visa on arrival: 32
eTA: 9
eVisa: 18
Visa required: 13
Only this passport: 9

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Side by side

Visa-free

Ireland · 120

Spain · 126

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

Ireland · 165

Spain · 167

Visa on arrival

Ireland · 37

Spain · 32

eTA

Ireland · 8

Spain · 9

eVisa

Ireland · 19

Spain · 18

Visa required

Ireland · 14

Spain · 13

Where each passport travels visa-free

Visa-free for both (117)
Only Ireland (3)
Only Spain (9)
Visa needed for both (70)

Only Ireland visa-free (3)

Malawi, Spain and Uganda

Only Spain visa-free (9)

Ireland, Laos, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vietnam

Country-by-country comparison

Destination	Ireland	Spain
Afghanistan	Visa required	Visa required
Albania	90 days	90 days
Algeria	Visa required	Visa required
Andorra	Unlimited	Unlimited
Angola	30 days	30 days
Antigua and Barbuda	180 days	180 days
Argentina	90 days	90 days
Armenia	180 days	180 days
Australia	eTA	eTA
Austria	Unlimited	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	Unlimited	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	90 days	90 days
Bulgaria	Unlimited	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	30 days	30 days
Central African Republic	Visa required	Visa required
Chad	Visa required	Visa required
Chile	90 days	90 days
China	30 days	30 days
Colombia	90 days	90 days
Comoros	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Costa Rica	180 days	180 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eTA	eTA
Croatia	Unlimited	Unlimited
Cuba	eVisa	eVisa
Cyprus	Unlimited	Unlimited
Czechia	Unlimited	Unlimited
Denmark	Unlimited	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	Unlimited	Unlimited
Eswatini	30 days	30 days
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Fiji	120 days	120 days
Finland	Unlimited	Unlimited
France	Unlimited	Unlimited
Gabon	eVisa	eVisa
Gambia	90 days	90 days
Georgia	360 days	360 days
Germany	Unlimited	Unlimited
Ghana	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Greece	Unlimited	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	Unlimited	Unlimited
Iceland	Unlimited	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	Own country	Unlimited
Israel	90 days	90 days
Italy	Unlimited	Unlimited
Jamaica	90 days	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	60 days	60 days
Laos	Visa on arrival	15 days
Latvia	Unlimited	Unlimited
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Lesotho	90 days	14 days
Liberia	Visa required	Visa required
Libya	eVisa	eVisa
Liechtenstein	Unlimited	Unlimited
Lithuania	Unlimited	Unlimited
Luxembourg	Unlimited	Unlimited
Macau	90 days	90 days
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	Unlimited
Marshall Islands	90 days	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	Unlimited	Unlimited
Mongolia	30 days	30 days
Montenegro	90 days	90 days
Morocco	90 days	90 days
Mozambique	30 days	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa	eVisa
Namibia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Nauru	Visa required	90 days
Nepal	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Netherlands	Unlimited	Unlimited
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	90 days
Norway	Unlimited	Unlimited
Oman	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Pakistan	eVisa	eTA
Palau	90 days	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	Unlimited	Unlimited
Portugal	Unlimited	Unlimited
Qatar	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	Visa required
Romania	Unlimited	Unlimited
Russia	eVisa	eVisa
Rwanda	Visa on arrival	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	Unlimited	Unlimited
Sao Tome and Principe	15 days	15 days
Saudi Arabia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Senegal	90 days	90 days
Serbia	90 days	90 days
Seychelles	90 days	90 days
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Singapore	90 days	90 days
Slovakia	Unlimited	Unlimited
Slovenia	Unlimited	Unlimited
Solomon Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Somalia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
South Africa	90 days	90 days
South Korea	90 days	90 days
South Sudan	eVisa	eVisa
Spain	Unlimited	Own country
Sri Lanka	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Sudan	Visa required	Visa required
Suriname	eTA	eTA
Sweden	Unlimited	Unlimited
Switzerland	Unlimited	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	Unlimited	90 days
Tunisia	90 days	90 days
Türkiye	90 days	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required	Visa required
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	90 days
Uganda	90 days	eVisa
Ukraine	90 days	90 days
United Arab Emirates	30 days	90 days
United Kingdom	Unlimited	180 days
United States	eTA	eTA
Uruguay	90 days	90 days
Uzbekistan	30 days	30 days
Vanuatu	120 days	120 days
Vatican City	Unlimited	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

Ireland vs Spain passport: which is stronger in 2026?

The Ireland passport opens 120 destinations visa-free (#23 of 199), while the Spain passport opens 126 destinations visa-free (#3 of 199). The Spain passport is therefore the stronger one in this Ireland vs Spain passport comparison, with 6 more visa-free destinations.

Counting visa on arrival and electronic travel authorisations (eTA) as well, the mobility scores are Ireland 165 vs Spain 167. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by Ireland citizens for 14 countries and by Spain citizens for 13 countries, and an online eVisa by 19 (Ireland) and 18 (Spain).

Where both passports travel visa-free

Both passports are visa-free in 117 destinations, among them popular trips such as United Kingdom, Japan, China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico and 10 more. 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. 70 destinations require some kind of visa for every passport in this comparison.

Where only one of the passports is visa-free

Only Ireland citizens can travel visa-free to 2 destinations: Malawi and Uganda.

Only Spain citizens can travel visa-free to 8 destinations: Laos, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vietnam. Most of them (5) are in Oceania, which reflects regional agreements and historical ties.

Visa-free access by continent

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

Africa (54 countries): Ireland 17, Spain 15
Americas (35 countries): Ireland 31, Spain 31
Asia (47 countries): Ireland 20, Spain 23
Europe (49 countries): Ireland 46, Spain 46
Oceania (14 countries): Ireland 6, Spain 11

Holding both passports (dual citizenship)

A traveller with both passports can always use the stronger one for each trip. Combined, they open 129 destinations without a visa — 3 more than the Spain passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether Ireland and Spain allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: Ireland vs Spain?

The Spain passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 6 more than the next passport in this comparison. Ireland ranks #23 of 199. Spain ranks #3 of 199.

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

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

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

3 destinations: Malawi, Spain and Uganda.

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

9 destinations: Ireland, Laos, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vietnam.

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

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