The front cover of a passport from the era of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian passport (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፓስፖርት) is a travel document issued to citizens of Ethiopia for international travel. The document is a biometric machine-readable passport with a burgundy cover with the text "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia" above the coat of arms, and the text "passport" below it in Amharic and English.[1] The passport is valid for 5 years and contains 64 pages.

History

Nelson Mandela was clandestinely issued an Ethiopian passport in 1961. He used it to travel around the world until his arrest.[2] He never obtained a South African passport from the Apartheid regime until February 19, 1990 – eight days after he was released from 27 years in jail.

Nelson Mandela Ethiopian passport issued in 1962 in the name of David Motsamayi

Visa requirements

  Ethiopia
  Visa free access
  Visa on arrival
  eVisa
  Visa required
Main article: Visa requirements for Ethiopian citizens

As of 2024, Ethiopian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 47 countries and territories, ranking the Ethiopian passport 93rd globally according to the Henley passport index.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ethiopian passport on PRADO". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Passports tell a story – Nelson Mandela Foundation". www.nelsonmandela.org. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  3. ^ "Global Ranking - Passport Index 2024" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_passport
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