Malawi passport

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

The Malawi passport ranks 128 worldwide, giving access to 70 destinations without a prior visa.

Malawi ranks 42 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 148 passports.

Passport rank
128 / 199
Visa-free travel to
70 destinations
Openness rank
42 / 199
Visa-free entry for
148 passports

Visa-free — 42

Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Dominica, Ecuador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Haiti, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamaica, Kiribati, Kosovo, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Palestine, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival — 25

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palau, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 3

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 35

Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required — 93

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen