Maldives passport

Rank, score and destinations reachable with the Maldives passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.

The Maldives passport ranks 102 worldwide, giving access to 88 destinations without a prior visa.

Maldives ranks 10 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 197 passports.

Passport rank
102 / 199
Visa-free travel to
88 destinations
Openness rank
10 / 199
Visa-free entry for
197 passports

Visa-free — 54

Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, China, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival — 29

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 5

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, United Kingdom

E-visa — 33

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Visa required — 77

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City, Yemen