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Maldives passport

Rank #63 · Strength 91 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 37.2

Maldives passport

Citizens of Maldives can reach 91 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 66 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #63 for passport strength worldwide.

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66Visa-free
20Visa on arrival
5eTA
48e-⁠Visa
108Visa required

Maldives passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 49% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 19 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 91 destinations, 48 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 108 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (66)

Algeria Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Cambodia Cayman Islands China Cook Islands Costa Rica Dominica Ecuador Eswatini Falkland Islands Fiji Gibraltar Grenada Guernsey Guyana Haiti Hong Kong India Ireland Isle of Man Jersey Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Pakistan Panama Philippines Qatar Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore South Africa Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Venezuela Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (20)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Burundi Cape Verde Comoros Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saudi Arabia Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (48)

Albania Angola Armenia Australia Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Togo Turkey Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vietnam

Visa required (108)

Afghanistan American Samoa Andorra Argentina Aruba Austria Belarus Belgium Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Bulgaria Canada Central African Republic Chile Colombia Congo Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Eritrea Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Honduras Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay 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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