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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Algeria

Citizens of Algeria get an Ethiopia visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Algeria: the passport opens 21 countries visa-free; Algiers — Addis Ababa: ≈ 4,730 km, about 6.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Ethiopia without a visa on a Algeria passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Algeria get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Ethiopia visa rules at a glance

With a Algeria passport you can visit 21 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 94 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Algeria passport ranks 166th of 199.
Algeria passport: visa-free access to 21 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Algeria and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Gambia, Benin, Rwanda, Kenya, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Algeria. Algeria visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Algiers — Addis Ababa: about 4,730 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Algiers 12:00 — Addis Ababa 14:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 90th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Algeria.