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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Iceland

Citizens of Iceland 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 Iceland: the passport opens 112 countries visa-free; Reykjavík — Addis Ababa: ≈ 7,710 km, about 10 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 Iceland passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Iceland 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 Iceland passport you can visit 112 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Iceland passport ranks 39th of 199.
Iceland passport: visa-free access to 112 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Iceland and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Gambia, Dominica, Haiti, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Philippines, Singapore, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Iceland. Iceland visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Reykjavík — Addis Ababa: about 7,710 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Reykjavík 12:00 — Addis Ababa 15:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 129th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Iceland.