Ethiopia visa requirements by passport

Holders of 2 passports can enter Ethiopia visa-free: Djibouti and Kenya.

Holders of these 117 passports can get a visa on arrival in Ethiopia: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Eswatini, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe. A fee may apply.

An eVisa, applied for online before you fly, is needed for Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Macau, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territory, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen passport holders. Apply only on the official government website, evisa.gov.et; other sites add service fees.

The visa data comes from the Passport Index dataset (visualpharm/visa-free-dataset, updated 2026-06-14) + 181 sourced corrections (last checked 2026-10-15). This page was built on 15 October 2026. Entry rules change, so confirm with Ethiopia's official immigration website or embassy before you travel.