Maldives · Passport Index 2026
Maldives · Passport Index 2026Maldivian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #55 in the world, with 97 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 Maldivian 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 Maldivian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Maldivian 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.
- Asia29 of 49 countries
- Americas28 of 52 countries
- Oceania12 of 24 countries
- Africa23 of 58 countries
- Europe5 of 49 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 233 destinations for Maldivian passport holders
233 of 233 destinations
- AnguillaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- ArubaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- AzerbaijanVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa not requiredNorth America
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- CambodiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CuraçaoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- Falkland IslandsVisa not requiredSouth America
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- GibraltarVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- IndiaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa30 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PakistanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Sint MaartenVisa not requiredCaribbean
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia120 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- 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
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- Svalbard and Jan MayenEntry permit requiredNorthern Europe
- United States Minor Outlying IslandsEntry permit requiredNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Maldivian passport holders visit without a visa?
71 countries need no visa at all, and 26 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Maldives passport rank?
#55 of 199 passports, with 81 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Maldivian passport holders visit visa-free?
India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh Russia, and 66 more.
Where can Maldivian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
23 countries, including Indonesia, Egypt, Tanzania Saudi Arabia, and 19 more.
Which countries let Maldivian passport holders apply online?
44 countries, including Nigeria, DR Congo, Ethiopia Vietnam, and 40 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Maldivian passport holders?
91, including United States, Brazil, Mexico Japan, and 87 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Maldivian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Maldivian passport holders?
Asia: 59% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Maldivian passport holders visit easily?
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Bhutan Nepal, and 1 more.
Does the Maldives 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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