Visa Requirements for Benin Passport Holders (2026)

A Benin passport gives visa-free access to 60 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free destinations (32)

Bahamas (90d), Barbados (90d), Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic (90d), Cuba (90d), Dominica (21d), Ecuador (90d), Gambia (90d), Ghana (90d), Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti (90d), Hong Kong (14d), Ivory Coast (90d), Liberia, Malaysia (30d), Mali, Mauritius (90d), Micronesia (30d), Niger, Nigeria, Philippines (30d), Rwanda (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Senegal (90d), Seychelles (90d), Sierra Leone, Singapore (30d), South Africa (30d), Togo, Tunisia (90d)

Visa on arrival (27)

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Iran, Laos, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

eTA required (1)

Kenya

e-Visa required (38)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, DR Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required in advance (100)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Sierra Leone · Sao Tome and Principe · Zimbabwe · Cuba · India · Madagascar

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.