Visa-free countries by passport

Where South African passport holders can travel visa-free

With a South African passport you can enter 91 of the 198 countries VisaRadar tracks without a visa in advance. That is 59 with the passport alone, 6 with an electronic authorisation (ETA) and 26 with a visa on arrival. Lists that only count the first group show a lower figure. Another 37 issue an e-Visa, which is still a visa but is applied for online. The full list by type of paperwork is below.

Visa-free (passport only) (59)

Angola up to 30 days
Antigua and Barbuda up to 180 days
Argentina up to 90 days
Bahamas up to 90 days
Barbados up to 180 days
Belize
Benin up to 90 days
Bolivia up to 90 days
Botswana up to 90 days
Brazil up to 90 days
Qatar
Chile up to 90 days
Costa Rica up to 180 days
Dominica up to 180 days
Ecuador up to 90 days
El Salvador up to 180 days
Eswatini up to 30 days
Philippines up to 30 days
Fiji up to 120 days
Gabon up to 30 days
Gambia up to 90 days
Georgia up to 360 days
Grenada up to 90 days
Guatemala up to 90 days
Guyana up to 30 days
Haiti up to 90 days
Honduras up to 90 days
Hong Kong up to 30 days
Jamaica
Kenya up to 90 days
Kiribati up to 90 days
Lesotho
Macao up to 30 days
Malaysia up to 90 days
Malawi up to 90 days
Mauritius up to 90 days
Micronesia up to 30 days
Mozambique
Namibia up to 90 days
Nicaragua up to 90 days
Oman up to 14 days
Panama up to 90 days
Paraguay up to 90 days
Peru up to 90 days
Dominican Republic up to 30 days
Rwanda up to 30 days
Russia up to 90 days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines up to 90 days
Saint Lucia up to 42 days
Singapore up to 30 days
Thailand up to 30 days
Tanzania up to 90 days
Togo up to 30 days
Tunisia up to 90 days
Uruguay up to 90 days
Vanuatu up to 120 days
Venezuela up to 90 days
Zambia up to 90 days
Zimbabwe up to 90 days

No visa in advance (electronic authorisation or visa on arrival) (32)

e-Visa (a visa applied for online before you travel) (37)

Visa required in advance (70)

This count is over the countries VisaRadar tracks, not the world’s ~199 passports. For each pair’s detail, open its page.

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Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.