Malaysia passport

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

The Malaysia passport ranks 40 worldwide, giving access to 159 destinations without a prior visa.

Malaysia ranks 35 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 165 passports.

Passport rank
40 / 199
Visa-free travel to
159 destinations
Openness rank
35 / 199
Visa-free entry for
165 passports

Visa-free — 116

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival — 34

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Yemen

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 9

Australia, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Suriname, United Kingdom

E-visa — 21

Armenia, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Russia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo

Visa required — 18

Afghanistan, Angola, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Israel, Liberia, Mali, Nauru, Niger, North Korea, Paraguay, Republic of the Congo, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States