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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Sierra Leone

Citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Freetown — Addis Ababa: ≈ 5,710 km, about 7.5 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 Sierra Leone passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 18 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sierra Leone passport ranks 125th of 199.
Sierra Leone passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Sierra Leone and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Gambia, Benin, Rwanda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Kenya, Haiti, Seychelles, Singapore, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Freetown — Addis Ababa: about 5,710 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Freetown 12:00 — Addis Ababa 15:00.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 88th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sierra Leone.