Nigeria has dropped one place to 90th on the latest Henley Passport Index, even as its passport continues to provide holders access to 44 destinations without obtaining a traditional visa before travel.
The July 2026 edition of the global ranking, released on Tuesday by Henley & Partners, assessed 199 passports based on the number of destinations their holders can enter without securing a visa in advance.
According to the report, Nigeria retained its visa-free access score of 44 destinations, but the unchanged figure was not enough to maintain its previous 89th position in the April 2026 ranking.
Henley & Partners said the index, published to mark its 20th anniversary, is compiled using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and evaluates access to 227 destinations worldwide.
Nigeria now shares the 90th position with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Turkmenistan, with each country’s passport granting access to 44 destinations through visa-free entry, visa-on-arrival or electronic visa arrangements.
Despite the slight drop in ranking, Nigerian passport holders can still travel to dozens of countries across Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific without going through the conventional visa application process.
Countries Nigerians can visit without a traditional visa
According to the Henley Passport Index, holders of Nigerian passports can access the following destinations through visa-free entry, visa on arrival or e-visa arrangements:
Barbados
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi (Visa on arrival)
Cambodia (Visa on arrival)
Cameroon
Cape Verde Islands
Chad
Comoro Islands (Visa on arrival)
Cook Islands
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Fiji
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Iran (Visa on arrival)
Kenya
Kiribati
Lebanon
Liberia
Madagascar (Visa on arrival)
Maldives (Visa on arrival)
Mali
Mauritius
Micronesia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Niger
Niue (Visa on arrival)
Palau Islands (Visa on arrival)
Rwanda
Samoa (Visa on arrival)
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
St. Kitts and Nevis
The Gambia
Timor-Leste (Visa on arrival)
Togo
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
