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Northern Africa travel guide

Libya

Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.

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Key facts

Official name: State of Libya
Capital: Tripoli
Currency: Libyan dinar (LYD ل.د)
Languages: Arabic
Calling code: +218
Area: 17,59,540 km²
Region: Northern Africa

Who can get in easily

8 of 198 passports can enter Libya without arranging a visa in advance.

Visa-free
Visa on arrival
eTA
eVisa
Visa required

Visa requirements for Libya by passport

IndiaeVisa
United StateseVisa
United KingdomeVisa
United Arab EmirateseVisa
ChinaeVisa
SingaporeeVisa
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshNo admission
Sri LankaeVisa
NepaleVisa
NigeriaeVisa
PhilippineseVisa
CanadaeVisa
AustraliaeVisa
GermanyeVisa

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Nearby countries

Sources: 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.