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Eastern Africa travel guide
Zambia
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
eVisa
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Republic of Zambia
- Capital
- Lusaka
- Currency
- Zambian kwacha (ZMW ZK)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +260
- Area
- 7,52,612 km²
- Region
- Eastern Africa · landlocked
Who can get in easily
146 of 198 passports can enter Zambia without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Zambia by passport
IndiaeVisa
United StatesVisa-free30 days
United KingdomVisa-free30 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free30 days
ChinaVisa-free30 days
SingaporeVisa-free90 days
PakistaneVisa
BangladesheVisa
Sri LankaeVisa
NepaleVisa
NigeriaeVisa
PhilippineseVisa
CanadaVisa-free90 days
AustraliaVisa-free30 days
GermanyVisa-free30 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Angola
Botswana
DR Congo
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Tanzania
ZimbabweSources: 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.