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Malawi passport

Rank #78 · Strength 64 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 22.9

Malawi passport

Citizens of Malawi can reach 64 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 41 visa-free, 17 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #78 for passport strength worldwide.

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41Visa-free
17Visa on arrival
6eTA
46e-⁠Visa
137Visa required

Malawi passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 34% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 12 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 64 destinations, 46 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 137 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (41)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Benin Botswana Cook Islands Dominica Ecuador Eswatini Fiji Grenada Haiti Hong Kong Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Mozambique Namibia Philippines Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Tanzania Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (17)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Ghana Israel Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (46)

Albania Australia Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Georgia Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (137)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia 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 Western Sahara 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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