Thailand's passport has been ranked 99th worldwide by Passport Reports, with a mobility score of 93. The assessment, published on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, places Thailand fifth among the 11 ASEAN countries and 21st among 50 Asian countries assessed.

The score should not be read as visa-free access to 93 countries. It combines 40 fully visa-free destinations, 48 where a visa on arrival or another facilitated entry process is available, and five destinations requiring an electronic travel authorisation (eTA).

A conventional visa or other advance approval is still needed for 105 destinations, representing 53% of those covered in the report.

Only 40 destinations are fully visa-free

The 40 visa-free destinations account for 20.2% of those assessed and include Japan, China, Russia, Turkiye, Taiwan and several Southeast Asian neighbours.

A further 48 destinations, or 24.2%, fall into the report's facilitated-entry category. This includes visas on arrival and other simplified procedures; some also have eVisa systems, but Passport Reports does not count them as fully visa-free.

The five eTA destinations are Cote d'Ivoire, South Korea, Kenya, Seychelles and Sri Lanka. Cote d'Ivoire requires registration in advance, while Seychelles operates a traveller-registration system.

Maximum stays vary widely. The report cites stays of up to 360 days in Georgia, 180 days in Peru, 150 days in Nepal, and 120 days in Fiji, Vanuatu and Armenia. eTA destinations allow stays of up to 90 days in Cote d'Ivoire, South Korea, Kenya and Seychelles, and 30 days in Sri Lanka.

Asia offers more options than Europe

Thai nationals can enter 34 of the other 49 Asian destinations without arranging a conventional visa before departure: 22 visa-free, 10 facilitated-entry and two eTA destinations. The remaining 15 require a visa or advance approval.

Europe is more restrictive, with only Russia and Turkiye classified as visa-free and Ukraine listed as facilitated entry among 47 destinations. The other 44 require advance approval.

None of the six Gulf states offers fully visa-free entry under the report's definitions. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Oman offer facilitated procedures, while the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait require advance approval.

Easier entry is available in four of five Central Asian countries, 10 of 14 in Oceania, eight of 12 in South America, nine of 16 Caribbean destinations and 30 of 54 African destinations. Nine of 23 North American destinations offer easier entry; Europe has the lowest proportion, with three of 47.

Passport Reports separately ranks Thailand 73rd among 199 countries for how easily foreign passport holders can enter the country. That welcoming ranking measures access to Thailand, not the overseas mobility of Thai citizens.

Thailand also ranks 17th among 21 APEC economies, 51st among 132 G77 countries, 95th among 159 World Trade Organisation members, and 19th among 25 parliamentary constitutional monarchies.

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That's a really big red bar for Europe. Tells quite the story.

Ouch.

4 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Europe is more restrictive, with only Russia and Turkiye classified as visa-free and Ukraine listed as facilitated entry among 47 destinations. The other 44 require advance approval.

Hard to believe AN members from Europe, AU, NZ, USA complain about Thai's visas or visa free entry, when Thais can't even visit their home country without a visa, along with expensive & restrictive.

Of the countries that Thais can visit visa free, only these would interest me ...

I would say visa depends in part on your age (young), sex (female), and looks (whew!) as factors to make the 'do not admit list' for places like USA

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Hard to believe AN members from Europe, AU, NZ, USA complain about Thai's visas or visa free entry, when Thais can't even visit their home country without a visa, along with expensive & restrictive.

Yeah, but the Thai's can own land / property in those countries, in their own name. 😂 😂

1 minute ago, KhunHeineken said:

Yeah, but the Thai's can own land / property in those countries, in their own name. 😂 😂

Deflect much ... They have to get there first, and not so easy or inexpensive. Why go through the hassle to invest in a country far away, instead of just investing in TH. Much easier to just invest in land here, as very profitable. Buying RE overseas is a great way to laundering money, that would be exposed easily if doing in home country, especially TH.

Edited Thursday at 04:26 AM5 days by KhunLA

8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

They have to get there first, and not so easy or inexpensive.

Wrong.

One doesn't have to go to the country to buy a property. Quite common now for people to buy property site unseen. A lot of Chinese did this in Australia, particularly with apartments. They didn't even do an inspection, they hired a buyer's agent.

10 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Why go through the hassle to invest in a country far away, instead of just investing in TH.

A lot safer, and more lucrative.

10 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Much easier to just invest in land here, as very profitable.

Wrong again.

In any case, what structure do you suggest an investor use to buy the land?

11 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Buying RE overseas is a great way to laundering money, that would be exposed easily if doing in home country, especially TH.

You are talking about a criminal offense. Getting one's money out of a country, like China, Russia etc isn't money laundering. It's moving it out of reach of the government.

5 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

In any case, what structure do you suggest an investor use to buy the land?

We're talking about Thais, all they need is money or financing in TH.

Not sure what any of that has to do with retiring in TH or VN, especially if just a Thai investing in RE out of TH.

Why would one need to move money out of govt reach, if not ill gotten funds ? Flash too much money around locally, and TH may ask you to justify funds and source of.

Edited Thursday at 04:50 AM5 days by KhunLA

Meh... the following has been the gold standard for passport and mobility rating since forever already.

https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking

Congratulations are in order 555

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Thai passport sinking; Thailand sinking - could there be a connection?

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

We're talking about Thais, all they need is money or financing in TH.

Record household debt in Thailand. Lenders aren't lending, which means Thai's aren't buying. It's one of the reasons the Thai property market is in a 4 year decline.

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Not sure what any of that has to do with retiring in TH or VN, especially if just a Thai investing in RE out of TH.

Nothing to do with it. That's the other thread. This is the Thai passport thread.

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Why would one need to move money out of govt reach, if not ill gotten funds ?

Too funny.

Errrr, how about taxation, for one reason. Nothing illegal moving one's business offshore, income offshore, getting paid into an offshore company account etc to minimize tax.

How about living in a country where the economy is going down the tube and there might be a run on the banks?

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Flash too much money around locally, and TH may ask you to justify funds and source of.

No problem for most foreigners. They can prove it's been transferred in.

It's the guys in Issan selling 10 pigs and saying they only sold 5 pigs that are the major tax dodgers. I expect a crackdown on foreigners working illegal by feeding their pigs in the near future. Pig farms in Issan make drug money. 😂 😂

7 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Record household debt in Thailand. Lenders aren't lending, which means Thai's aren't buying. It's one of the reasons the Thai property market is in a 4 year decline.

Nothing to do with it. That's the other thread. This is the Thai passport thread.

Too funny.

Errrr, how about taxation, for one reason. Nothing illegal moving one's business offshore, income offshore, getting paid into an offshore company account etc to minimize tax.

How about living in a country where the economy is going down the tube and there might be a run on the banks?

No problem for most foreigners. They can prove it's been transferred in.

It's the guys in Issan selling 10 pigs and saying they only sold 5 pigs that are the major tax dodgers. I expect a crackdown on foreigners working illegal by feeding their pigs in the near future. Pig farms in Issan make drug money. 😂 😂

All of which you're always talking about, you have no experience with.

With this ... "No problem for most foreigners. They can prove it's been transferred in." ... I'm referencing Thai with income they can't explain.