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Eastern Africa travel guide
Eritrea
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa required
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- State of Eritrea
- Capital
- Asmara
- Currency
- Eritrean nakfa (ERN Nfk)
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Tigrinya
- Calling code
- +291
- Area
- 1,17,600 km²
- Region
- Eastern Africa
Who can get in easily
4 of 198 passports can enter Eritrea without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Eritrea by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa required
United KingdomVisa required
United Arab EmiratesVisa required
ChinaVisa required
SingaporeVisa required
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaVisa required
AustraliaVisa required
GermanyVisa required
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Djibouti
Ethiopia
SudanSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.