Passport comparison · updated 17 June 2026

Singapore vs United Arab Emirates Passport

Q: Which passport is stronger: Singapore vs United Arab Emirates?

The Singapore passport is stronger with 130 visa-free destinations, 2 more than the next passport in this comparison. Singapore ranks #1 of 199. United Arab Emirates ranks #2 of 199.

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

105 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 Singapore citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

25 destinations: Belize, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Myanmar and 10 more.

Q: Where can United Arab Emirates citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

23 destinations: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mali, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia and 8 more.

Singapore passport wins

130 visa-free destinations — 2 more than the United Arab Emirates passport.

Singapore

130visa-free

Unlimited stay: 7
Visa on arrival: 27
eTA: 9
eVisa: 16
Visa required: 16
Only this passport: 25

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United Arab Emirates

128visa-free

Unlimited stay: 12
Visa on arrival: 36
eTA: 6
eVisa: 15
Visa required: 13
Only this passport: 23

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Side by side

Visa-free

Singapore · 130

United Arab Emirates · 128

Visa-free + on arrival + eTA

Singapore · 166

United Arab Emirates · 170

Visa on arrival

Singapore · 27

United Arab Emirates · 36

eTA

Singapore · 9

United Arab Emirates · 6

eVisa

Singapore · 16

United Arab Emirates · 15

Visa required

Singapore · 16

United Arab Emirates · 13

Where each passport travels visa-free

Visa-free for both (105)
Only Singapore (25)
Only United Arab Emirates (23)
Visa needed for both (46)

Only Singapore visa-free (25)

Belize, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Myanmar, Namibia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Zimbabwe

Only United Arab Emirates visa-free (23)

Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mali, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Syria, Tonga and Ukraine

Country-by-country comparison

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

Singapore vs United Arab Emirates passport: which is stronger in 2026?

The Singapore passport opens 130 destinations visa-free (#1 of 199), while the United Arab Emirates passport opens 128 destinations visa-free (#2 of 199). The Singapore passport is therefore the stronger one in this Singapore vs United Arab Emirates passport comparison, with 2 more visa-free destinations.

Add visa on arrival and eTA destinations and the overall mobility score reads Singapore 166 vs United Arab Emirates 170. A traditional visa from an embassy is still required by Singapore citizens for 16 countries and by United Arab Emirates citizens for 13 countries, and an online eVisa by 16 (Singapore) and 15 (United Arab Emirates).

Where both passports travel visa-free

Both passports are visa-free in 105 destinations, among them popular trips such as Japan, China, Thailand, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and 8 more. Neither passport gets visa-free entry to United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand and 1 more — plan an eVisa, eTA or embassy visa for those. 46 destinations require some kind of visa for every passport in this comparison.

Where only one of the passports is visa-free

Only Singapore citizens can travel visa-free to 24 destinations: Belize, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Laos and 12 more. Most of them (13) are in Africa, which reflects regional agreements and historical ties.

Only United Arab Emirates citizens can travel visa-free to 22 destinations: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mali, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan and 10 more.

Visa-free access by continent

How the Singapore vs United Arab Emirates passports compare region by region (visa-free destinations per continent):

Africa (54 countries): Singapore 25, United Arab Emirates 18
Americas (35 countries): Singapore 30, United Arab Emirates 26
Asia (47 countries): Singapore 26, United Arab Emirates 28
Europe (49 countries): Singapore 45, United Arab Emirates 48
Oceania (14 countries): Singapore 4, United Arab Emirates 8

Holding both passports (dual citizenship)

A traveller with both passports can always use the stronger one for each trip. Combined, they open 153 destinations without a visa — 23 more than the Singapore passport alone. Remember to enter and leave a country on the same passport, and check whether Singapore and United Arab Emirates allow dual citizenship before you apply.

Frequently asked questions

Which passport is stronger: Singapore vs United Arab Emirates?

The Singapore passport is stronger with 130 visa-free destinations, 2 more than the next passport in this comparison. Singapore ranks #1 of 199. United Arab Emirates ranks #2 of 199.

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

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

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

25 destinations: Belize, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Myanmar and 10 more.

Where can United Arab Emirates citizens travel visa-free but the others cannot?

23 destinations: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mali, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia and 8 more.

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

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