Ethiopia visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 3 countries visiting Ethiopia for tourism purposes including Djibouti and Kenya Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

Ethiopia Visa Required Visa Not Required E-visa Visa On Arrival

Ethiopia visa exempt countries

To enter Ethiopia for a short term visit, citizens of the following countries are able to travel in Ethiopia without a visa:

Africa

Nationals from 3 countries in Africa are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 51 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Algeria	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Angola	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Benin	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Botswana	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Burkina Faso	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Burundi	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cameroon	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cape Verde	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Central African Republic	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Chad	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Comoros	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Djibouti	Visa not required	3 months	No	No
Egypt	Visa required		Yes	No
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Eritrea	Visa required		Yes	No
Gabon	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Gambia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Ghana	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Guinea	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kenya	Visa not required	1 year	No	No
Lesotho	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Liberia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Libya	Visa required		Yes	No
Madagascar	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Malawi	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mali	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mauritania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mauritius	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Morocco	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mozambique	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Namibia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Niger	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Nigeria	Visa required		Yes	No
Rwanda	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Senegal	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Seychelles	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Sierra Leone	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Somalia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
South Africa	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Sudan	Visa required		No	No
Eswatini	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Tanzania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Togo	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Tunisia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Uganda	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Zambia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Zimbabwe	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
South Sudan	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes

Asia

Nationals from 0 countries in Asia are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 32 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Afghanistan	Visa required		No	No
Armenia	Visa required		Yes	No
Azerbaijan	Visa required		Yes	No
Bangladesh	Visa required		Yes	No
Bhutan	Visa required		Yes	No
Brunei	Visa required		Yes	No
Cambodia	Visa required		Yes	No
China	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Timor-Leste	Visa required		Yes	No
Georgia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
India	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Indonesia	Visa required		Yes	No
Japan	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	Visa required		Yes	No
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required		Yes	No
Laos	Visa required		Yes	No
Malaysia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Maldives	Visa required		Yes	No
Mongolia	Visa required		Yes	No
Myanmar	Visa required		Yes	No
Nepal	Visa required		Yes	No
North Korea	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Pakistan	Visa required		No	No
Philippines	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Singapore	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
South Korea	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Sri Lanka	Visa required		Yes	No
Tajikistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Thailand	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Turkmenistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Uzbekistan	Visa required		Yes	No
Vietnam	Visa required		Yes	No

Central America and Caribbean

Nationals from 0 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 20 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa required	Yes	No
Bahamas	Visa required	Yes	No
Barbados	Visa required	Yes	No
Belize	Visa required	Yes	No
Costa Rica	Visa required	Yes	No
Cuba	Visa required	No	No
Dominica	Visa required	Yes	No
Dominican Republic	Visa required	Yes	No
El Salvador	Visa required	Yes	No
Grenada	Visa required	Yes	No
Guatemala	Visa required	Yes	No
Haiti	Visa required	Yes	No
Honduras	Visa required	Yes	No
Jamaica	Visa required	Yes	No
Nicaragua	Visa required	Yes	No
Panama	Visa required	Yes	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa required	Yes	No
Saint Lucia	Visa required	Yes	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa required	Yes	No
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required	Yes	No

Europe

Nationals from 0 countries in Europe are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 46 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Albania	Visa required		Yes	No
Andorra	Visa required		Yes	No
Austria	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Belarus	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Belgium	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Bulgaria	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Croatia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Cyprus	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Czech Republic	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Denmark	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Estonia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Finland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
France	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Germany	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Greece	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Hungary	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Iceland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Ireland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Italy	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Latvia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Liechtenstein	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Lithuania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Luxembourg	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Macedonia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Malta	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Moldova	Visa required		Yes	No
Monaco	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Netherlands	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Norway	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Poland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Portugal	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Romania	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Russia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
San Marino	Visa required		Yes	No
Serbia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Slovakia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Slovenia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Spain	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Sweden	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Switzerland	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Turkey	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Ukraine	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kosovo	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes

Middle East

Nationals from 0 countries in Middle East are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 13 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Bahrain	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Iran	Visa required		Yes	No
Iraq	Visa required		No	No
Israel	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Jordan	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Kuwait	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Lebanon	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Oman	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Qatar	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Syria	Visa required		No	No
United Arab Emirates	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Yemen	Visa required		No	No

North America

Nationals from 0 countries in North America are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 3 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Canada	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Mexico	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
United States	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes

Oceania

Nationals from 0 countries in Oceania are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 14 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Australia	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Fiji	Visa required		Yes	No
Kiribati	Visa required		Yes	No
Marshall Islands	Visa required		Yes	No
Micronesia	Visa required		Yes	No
Nauru	Visa required		Yes	No
New Zealand	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Palau	Visa required		Yes	No
Papua New Guinea	Visa required		Yes	No
Samoa	Visa required		Yes	No
Solomon Islands	Visa required		Yes	No
Tonga	Visa required		Yes	No
Tuvalu	Visa required		Yes	No
Vanuatu	Visa required		Yes	No

South America

Nationals from 0 countries in South America are exempt from Ethiopia visa, while those from 12 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Argentina	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Bolivia	Visa required		Yes	No
Brazil	Visa required	15 days	Yes	Yes
Chile	Visa required		Yes	No
Colombia	Visa required		Yes	No
Ecuador	Visa required		Yes	No
Guyana	Visa required		Yes	No
Paraguay	Visa required		Yes	No
Peru	Visa required		Yes	No
Suriname	Visa required		Yes	No
Uruguay	Visa required		Yes	No
Venezuela	Visa required		Yes	No