Malawi · Passport Index 2026
Malawi · Passport Index 2026Malawian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #71 in the world, with 71 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for Malawian passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Malawian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Malawian passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Africa26 of 57 countries
- Oceania10 of 24 countries
- Americas18 of 51 countries
- Asia16 of 50 countries
- Europe1 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Malawian passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa7 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Malawian passport holders visit without a visa?
44 countries need no visa at all, and 27 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Malawi passport rank?
#69 of 199 passports, with 63 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Malawian passport holders visit visa-free?
Bangladesh, Philippines, Tanzania, South Africa Uganda, and 39 more.
Where can Malawian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
24 countries, including Ethiopia, Iran, Ghana Madagascar, and 20 more.
Which countries let Malawian passport holders apply online?
42 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 38 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Malawian passport holders?
119, including China, United States, Indonesia Brazil, and 115 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Malawian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Malawian passport holders?
Africa: 46% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Malawian passport holders visit easily?
Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania Uganda, and 7 more.
Does the Malawi passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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