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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Saudi Arabia

Citizens of Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia: the passport opens 53 countries visa-free; Riyadh — Addis Ababa: ≈ 1,930 km, about 3 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 Saudi Arabia passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia passport you can visit 53 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 41 with an e-visa; 77 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Saudi Arabia passport ranks 102nd of 199.
Saudi Arabia passport: visa-free access to 53 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 8 countries, for example: Seychelles, Singapore, Philippines, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Micronesia, and Haiti.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Riyadh — Addis Ababa: about 1,930 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 23rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Saudi Arabia.