Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

Russia vs Sweden Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: Russia vs Sweden?

The Sweden passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 45 more than the next passport in this comparison. Russia ranks #76 of 199. Sweden ranks #3 of 199.

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

73 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus and Bolivia.

Sweden passport wins

126 visa-free destinations — 45 more than the Russia passport.

Russia

#76

81visa-free

Unlimited stay: 6
Visa on arrival: 31
eTA: 7
eVisa: 19
Visa required: 60
Only this passport: 8

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Sweden

126visa-free

Unlimited stay: 37
Visa on arrival: 31
eTA: 9
eVisa: 18
Visa required: 14
Only this passport: 53

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Side by side

Visa-free

Russia · 81

Sweden · 126

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

Russia · 119

Sweden · 166

Visa on arrival

Russia · 31

Sweden · 31

eTA

Russia · 7

Sweden · 9

eVisa

Russia · 19

Sweden · 18

Visa required

Russia · 60

Sweden · 14

Where each passport travels visa-free

Visa-free for both (73)
Only Russia (8)
Only Sweden (53)
Visa needed for both (65)

Only Russia visa-free (8)

Azerbaijan, Cuba, Jordan, Maldives, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru and Saudi Arabia

Only Sweden visa-free (53)

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia and 13 more

Country-by-country comparison

Destination	Russia	Sweden
Afghanistan	Visa required	Visa required
Albania	eVisa	90 days
Algeria	Visa required	Visa required
Andorra	Visa required	Unlimited
Angola	30 days	30 days
Antigua and Barbuda	90 days	180 days
Argentina	90 days	90 days
Armenia	180 days	180 days
Australia	eVisa	eTA
Austria	Visa required	Unlimited
Azerbaijan	90 days	eVisa
Bahamas	90 days	90 days
Bahrain	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Barbados	90 days	90 days
Belarus	Unlimited	30 days
Belgium	Visa required	Unlimited
Belize	Visa required	Unlimited
Benin	eVisa	eVisa
Bhutan	eVisa	eVisa
Bolivia	90 days	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	30 days	90 days
Botswana	90 days	90 days
Brazil	90 days	90 days
Brunei	14 days	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	60 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	30 days	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	21 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	Visa required	Unlimited
Eswatini	30 days	30 days
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Fiji	120 days	120 days
Finland	Visa required	Unlimited
France	Visa required	Unlimited
Gabon	eVisa	eVisa
Gambia	90 days	90 days
Georgia	360 days	360 days
Germany	Visa required	Unlimited
Ghana	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Greece	Visa required	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	14 days	90 days
Hungary	Visa required	Unlimited
Iceland	Visa required	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	Visa required	Unlimited
Israel	90 days	90 days
Italy	Visa required	Unlimited
Jamaica	90 days	90 days
Japan	Visa required	90 days
Jordan	30 days	Visa on arrival
Kazakhstan	90 days	30 days
Kenya	eTA	eTA
Kiribati	90 days	90 days
Kosovo	Visa required	90 days
Kuwait	Visa required	Visa on arrival
Kyrgyzstan	Unlimited	60 days
Laos	30 days	15 days
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	30 days	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Malawi	90 days	30 days
Malaysia	30 days	90 days
Maldives	90 days	Visa on arrival
Mali	Visa required	Visa required
Malta	Visa required	Unlimited
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Mauritius	90 days	90 days
Mexico	eTA	180 days
Micronesia	30 days	90 days
Moldova	90 days	90 days
Monaco	Visa required	Unlimited
Mongolia	30 days	30 days
Montenegro	30 days	90 days
Morocco	90 days	90 days
Mozambique	30 days	30 days
Myanmar	30 days	eVisa
Namibia	90 days	Visa on arrival
Nauru	90 days	Visa required
Nepal	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Netherlands	Visa required	Unlimited
New Zealand	Visa required	eTA
Nicaragua	90 days	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	30 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	Visa required	Unlimited
Portugal	Visa required	Unlimited
Qatar	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	Visa required
Romania	Visa required	Unlimited
Russia	Own country	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	90 days	90 days
San Marino	Visa required	Unlimited
Sao Tome and Principe	15 days	15 days
Saudi Arabia	90 days	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	eVisa	90 days
Slovakia	Visa required	Unlimited
Slovenia	Visa required	Unlimited
Solomon Islands	Visa required	90 days
Somalia	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival
South Africa	90 days	90 days
South Korea	eTA	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	Own country
Switzerland	Visa required	Unlimited
Syria	eVisa	eVisa
Taiwan	Visa required	90 days
Tajikistan	Unlimited	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	90 days	90 days
Tunisia	90 days	90 days
Türkiye	60 days	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required	Visa required
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	90 days
Uganda	eVisa	eVisa
Ukraine	Visa required	90 days
United Arab Emirates	90 days	90 days
United Kingdom	Visa required	180 days
United States	Visa required	eTA
Uruguay	90 days	90 days
Uzbekistan	Unlimited	30 days
Vanuatu	120 days	120 days
Vatican City	Visa required	Unlimited
Venezuela	90 days	90 days
Vietnam	45 days	45 days
Yemen	Visa required	Visa required
Zambia	Visa on arrival	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival

Russia vs Sweden passport: which is stronger in 2026?

The Russia passport opens 81 destinations visa-free (#76 of 199), while the Sweden passport opens 126 destinations visa-free (#3 of 199). The Sweden passport is therefore the stronger one in this Russia vs Sweden passport comparison, with 45 more visa-free destinations.

Add visa on arrival and eTA destinations and the overall mobility score reads Russia 119 vs Sweden 166. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by Russia citizens for 60 countries and by Sweden citizens for 14 countries, and an online eVisa by 19 (Russia) and 18 (Sweden).

Where both passports travel visa-free

Both passports are visa-free in 73 destinations, among them popular trips such as China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Brazil, South Africa, Vietnam, Morocco and 3 more. Neither passport gets visa-free entry to United States, Canada, Australia, India, Egypt, Indonesia and 2 more — plan an eVisa, eTA or embassy visa for those. 65 destinations require some kind of visa for every passport in this comparison.

Where only one of the passports is visa-free

Only Russia citizens can travel visa-free to 8 destinations: Azerbaijan, Cuba, Jordan, Maldives, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru and Saudi Arabia.

Only Sweden citizens can travel visa-free to 53 destinations: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland and 41 more. Most of them (39) are in Europe, which reflects regional agreements and historical ties.

Visa-free access by continent

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

Africa (54 countries): Russia 14, Sweden 16
Americas (35 countries): Russia 30, Sweden 31
Asia (47 countries): Russia 22, Sweden 23
Europe (49 countries): Russia 8, Sweden 46
Oceania (14 countries): Russia 7, Sweden 10

Holding both passports (dual citizenship)

A traveller with both passports can always use the stronger one for each trip. Combined, they open 134 destinations without a visa — 8 more than the Sweden passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether Russia and Sweden allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: Russia vs Sweden?

The Sweden passport is stronger with 126 visa-free destinations, 45 more than the next passport in this comparison. Russia ranks #76 of 199. Sweden ranks #3 of 199.

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

73 destinations are visa-free for every passport in this comparison, including Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus and Bolivia.

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

8 destinations: Azerbaijan, Cuba, Jordan, Maldives, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru and Saudi Arabia.

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

53 destinations: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece and 38 more.

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

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