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Ethiopia visa for citizens of North Korea

Citizens of North Korea 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 North Korea: the passport opens 8 countries visa-free; Pyongyang — Addis Ababa: ≈ 9,120 km, about 12 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 North Korea passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of North Korea 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 North Korea passport you can visit 8 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 55 with an e-visa; 107 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the North Korea passport ranks 196th of 199.
North Korea passport: visa-free access to 8 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of North Korea and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 5 countries, for example: Micronesia, Seychelles, Haiti, Dominica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to North Korea. North Korea visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Pyongyang — Addis Ababa: about 9,120 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −6 hours.
Local time: Pyongyang 12:00 — Addis Ababa 06:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 108th closest of 195 destinations open to citizens of North Korea.