OSCE Participating States and 2026 Passport Rankings

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe brings together 57 participating States across North America, Europe and Central Asia. Its roots lie in the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, which later became the OSCE. The organization provides a permanent forum for dialogue among states with different political, geographic and security perspectives. Every participating State has equal status, and decisions are generally reached by consensus.

The OSCE treats security as a broad and connected responsibility rather than a purely military issue. Its work spans the politico-military, economic and environmental, and human dimensions of security. Through its institutions, field operations and diplomatic bodies, it supports conflict prevention, arms control, border management, democratic institutions, election observation, human rights and the rule of law. These activities are guided by commitments accepted by the participating States and implemented through continuing co-operation.

This page compares the passports of the OSCE participating States within one focused list. The OSCE view applies the same mobility score, visa-free, visa-on-arrival, eTA and visa-required data used throughout Passport Reports, while the global view retains each passport’s worldwide position. No separate scoring formula is created for this group, so the ranking remains consistent with the website’s general methodology. Because the page reads from the central data system, its figures change automatically when the underlying passport records are updated.