Coat of arms of Mali

Mali passport

Rank #86 · Strength 54 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 17.6

Mali passport

Citizens of Mali can reach 54 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 34 visa-free, 15 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #86 for passport strength worldwide.

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34Visa-free
15Visa on arrival
5eTA
52e-⁠Visa
141Visa required

Mali passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 23% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 29 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 54 destinations, 52 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 141 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (34)

Algeria Bahamas Barbados Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Chad Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Hong Kong Kenya Liberia Macao Mauritania Micronesia Niger Nigeria Palestine Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Tunisia Tuvalu Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (15)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Laos Madagascar Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Morocco Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (52)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bhutan Botswana Cameroon Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malawi Malaysia Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (141)

Afghanistan American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Myanmar Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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