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Which Countries Require Six Months of Passport Validity?
India has the highest Months Validity Required (6), followed by China (6) and Indonesia (6). Vatican City has the lowest (3).
LawTravel198 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Feb 14, 2025Original page
6 sources
- The Six Month Validity Rule for U.S. Passports - List of Countries - US Passport Service Guide
- Passport 6 Month Rule - Visa Guide
- Passport warning as 70 countries require six months validity to travel on holiday - Daily Record
- Countries Requiring Six Months of Passport Validity - Fastport Passport
- What is a Six-Month Passport Validity Rule? - Passport Health
- The 22 Countries You Can Visit With Less Than 6 Months on Your Passport - Your Mileage May Vary
Months Validity RequiredBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
172 of 235 countriesMonths Validity Required
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 172 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
6
Middle half 3 – 6
Average
5.09
172 countries
Highest
6
India
Lowest
3
Vatican City
Data
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198 countries · # = rank by Months Validity Required
What correlates with Months Validity Required?
Pearson r against 1,382 other country metrics sharing at least 104 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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Opposite directions
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Months Validity Required?
- India has the highest Months Validity Required, at 6, followed by China (6) and Indonesia (6).
- Which country has the lowest Months Validity Required?
- Vatican City has the lowest Months Validity Required, at 3.
- What is the median Months Validity Required across countries?
- The median is 6 across the 172 countries with data.
- Where does this which countries require six months of passport validity? data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Six Month Validity Rule for U.S. Passports - List of Countries - US Passport Service Guide; Passport 6 Month Rule - Visa Guide; Passport warning as 70 countries require six months validity to travel on holiday - Daily Record; Countries Requiring Six Months of Passport Validity - Fastport Passport.
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