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Malaysia passport

Rank #10 · Strength 195 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 92.6

Malaysia passport

Citizens of Malaysia can reach 195 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 167 visa-free, 18 visa on arrival and 10 eTA. Ranked #10 for passport strength worldwide.

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167Visa-free
18Visa on arrival
10eTA
29e-⁠Visa
23Visa required

Malaysia passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 83% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 4 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom and Australia require an eTA; the United States and Canada require a consular visa. Beyond those 195 destinations, 29 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 23 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (167)

Albania Algeria Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cayman Islands Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lesotho Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malawi Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (18)

Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (10)

Australia Guam New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (29)

Angola Armenia Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Ghana Guinea India Iraq Liberia Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria Togo Ukraine

Visa required (23)

Afghanistan American Samoa Bolivia British Indian Ocean Territory Canada Central African Republic Colombia Congo Eritrea Gambia Israel Mali Nauru Niger North Korea Puerto Rico Serbia Tokelau Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Yemen

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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