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Madagascar Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 58 Countries

The Madagascar passport ranks 84th globally in 2025, offering its holders visa-free access to 58 destinations worldwide. This travel document provides relatively limited international mobility compared to higher-ranked passports, though it has shown modest improvements in recent years, increasing from 55 visa-free destinations in 2023 to 58 in 2025. Malagasy citizens can travel without prior visa arrangements to select countries primarily in Africa and certain other regions, making advance travel planning essential for most international destinations.

Global Rank
#84
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
58
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
28
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Madagascar passport

31
Visa-Free
25
On Arrival
2
ETA Required
41
E-Visa
127
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Malagasy Citizens

Popular destinations where Madagascar passport holders can travel without a visa:

CountryMaximum StayCode
Mauritius flag
Mauritius		Up to 90 daysMU
Senegal flag
Senegal		Up to 90 daysSN
Philippines flag
Philippines		Up to 30 daysPH
Singapore flag
Singapore		Up to 30 daysSG
Malaysia flag
Malaysia		Up to 30 daysMY

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Madagascar passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

31 countries

  • Benin flagBenin
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Kenya flagKenya

🛬 Visa on Arrival

25 countries

  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone

🔐 ETA Required

2 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles

💻 E-Visa

41 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

127 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • French West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Romania flagRomania
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait

Historical Ranking Trend

Madagascar's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 13 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Madagascar Passport & Travel Resources

Access official government resources for passport services, travel advisories, and visa information:

🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar
🔗
U.S. Department of State - Madagascar Travel Advisory
🔗
UK Foreign Office - Madagascar Travel Advice
🔗
Government of Canada - Madagascar Travel Advice
🔗
Australian Government DFAT - Madagascar Travel Advice
🔗
France Diplomatie - Madagascar

Compare Madagascar Passport with Other Passports

See how Madagascar's passport compares with other AFRICA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Madagascar flagMadagascar (You are here)
#845828/10058/100
Ghana flagGhana#746942/10063/100
Tunisia flagTunisia#756845/10064/100
Uganda flagUganda#766742/10062/100
Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands#776645/100N/A/100
Zambia flagZambia#776642/10061/100

*Mobility score calculated based on visa-free access and global travel freedom.

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

As of 2025, the Madagascar passport ranks 84th globally on the Henley Passport Index with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 58 destinations. This represents a slight decrease from 2024 when it ranked 82nd with access to 60 destinations. The passport provides limited global mobility compared to top-tier passports, requiring visas for major destinations including the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and most European countries.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

Source: IATA Travel Centre, Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.