The Africa Visa Openness Index measures the extent to which each country in Africa is open to visitors from other African countries.

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Algeria
0.113
46
Angola
0.358
31
Benin
1.000
1
Botswana
0.321
33
Burkina Faso
0.321
33
Burundi
0.823
11
Cabo Verde
0.864
6
Cameroon
0.113
46
Central African Republic
0.245
40
Chad
0.283
37
Comoros
0.800
14
Côte d’Ivoire
0.415
25
Djibouti
0.800
14
Democratic Republic of Congo
0.121
45
Egypt
0.106
49
Equatorial Guinea
0.038
52
Eritrea
0.068
51
Eswatini
0.321
33
Ethiopia
0.732
19
Gabon
0.170
42
Ghana
0.868
5
Guinea
0.377
29
Guinea-Bissau
0.849
8
Kenya
0.113
46
Lesotho
0.302
36
Liberia
0.264
39
Libya
0.038
52
Madagascar
0.785
17
Malawi
0.472
22
Mali
0.392
28
Mauritania
0.830
9
Mauritius
0.826
10
Morocco
0.151
43
Mozambique
0.815
12
Namibia
0.653
21
Niger
0.340
32
Nigeria
0.864
6
Republic of the Congo
0.215
41
Rwanda
1.000
1
São Tomé and Príncipe
0.151
43
Senegal
0.792
16
Seychelles
1.000
1
Sierra Leone
0.811
13
Somalia
0.785
17
South Africa
0.377
29
South Sudan
0.087
50
Sudan
0.030
54
Tanzania
0.706
20
The Gambia
1.000
1
Togo
0.283
37
Tunisia
0.396
26
Uganda
0.396
26
Zambia
0.430
24
Zimbabwe
0.472
22

Key facts about visa openness in Africa in 2024

All Africans

Benin, The Gambia, Rwanda and Seychelles offer visafree access to all Africans.

28%

In 28% of country-to-country travel scenarios within Africa, African citizens do not need a visa to cross the border, a marked improvement over 20% in 2016.

26

In 2024, 26 African countries — 44% of the continent — offered an  evisa for Africans, up from nine African countries — 17% of the continent — in 2016.

17

17 countries improved their score since last year: two are in the top 10, another three in the top 20.

39

39 countries have improved their score since 2016.  Of the 10 that have most progressed, six are in West Africa, two are in East Africa, and two are in Southern Africa.

9

Nine top-20 performers are low-income countries; three of them are landlocked. Another nine top-20 performers are lower-middle-income countries. Lower-income countries continue to make progress.