72 Countries Kenyan Passport Can Access Visa Free or Visa on Arrival
Do you hold a Kenyan passport? Here is the good news. A Kenyan passport allows the holder to travel to 72 countries across the globe visa-free or obtain visa on arrival. This is according to data availed by the Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index that ranks countries according to the travel freedom that their citizens enjoy. Kenya passport is ranked 67th in the worldThe Index is produced in cooperation with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world’s largest database of travel information, and is published annually. Countries are ranked according to the total number of other countries which they can access visa-free.In the latest 2018 report, Japan and Singapore are tied for top spot as the world's most powerful passports, with visa-free or visa-upon-arrival access to 180 countries. Germany passport, which has held the top spot for 5 years ranks second with access to 179 countries. Here are the top-ten ranked countries:
| Rank | Country | No. of Countries Accessible |
| 1 | Japan, Singapore | 180 |
| 2 | Germany | 179 |
| 3 | France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Finland, South Korea | 178 |
| 4 | Portugal, Austria, United Kingdom, Norway, Luxembourg, Netherlands | 177 |
| 5 | Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, United States | 176 |
| 6 | Austria, Greece, Belgium | 174 |
| 7 | Malta, New Zealand, Czech Republic | 173 |
| 8 | Iceland | 172 |
| 9 | Hungary | 171 |
| 10 | Latvia | 170 |
Seychelles has Africa's most powerful passport, and the world's 24th most powerful passport with access to 144 countries. Mauritius is 2nd (32nd, world) with access to 134 countries, South Africa takes 3rd spot in Africa (52nd, world) with access to 102 countries. Botswana 4th (63, world)-78 countries, Namibia 5th (65, world)-75 countries. Kenya takes the 6th spot in Africa.The following are the countries a Kenyan passport can access visa free or get a visa upon arrival.Asia-Visa Free:
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Singapore
Asia-Visa on Arrival
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Macao
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Timor-Leste
Africa-Visa Free
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visa on Arrival
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Comoros Island
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Djibouti
- Guinea Bissau
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Nigeria
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
Caribbean: Visa Free
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Cayman Islands
- Dominca
- Grenada
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Montserrat
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Vincent and Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- British Virgin Islands
Carribean-Visa on Arrival
- St Lucia
Americas-Visa Free
- Panama
Americas-Visa on Arrival
- Bolivia
Middle East-Visa on Arrival
- Iran
- Jordan
- Turkey
Oceania-Visa Free
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Kribati
- Micronesia
- Niue
- Vanuatu
Oceania-Visa on Arrival
- Palau Islands
- Samoa
- Tuvalu