PassportFactory LogoPassport Factory
HomeBlogPassport Rankings IndexCompare Passports

© 2025 Passport Factory. All rights reserved.

Privacy PolicyTermsAboutSitemap
  1. Passport Rankings
  2. /Malawi Passport
Malawi flag

Malawi Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 72 Countries

The Malawi passport ranks 71st globally in 2025, providing visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 72 destinations worldwide. This travel document offers moderate international mobility for Malawian citizens, with access primarily concentrated in African countries and select nations in Asia and Oceania. While the passport's ranking has fluctuated between the mid-60s and mid-70s over the past two decades, it has gradually expanded travel opportunities from 48 destinations in 2006 to 72 in 2025. Malawian passport holders benefit from regional agreements within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and African Union frameworks that facilitate easier cross-border travel.

Global Rank
#71
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
72
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
28
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Malawi passport

46
Visa-Free
22
On Arrival
4
ETA Required
36
E-Visa
118
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Malawian Citizens

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

CountryMaximum StayCode
Kenya flag
Kenya
Up to 90 daysKE
South Africa flag
South Africa
Up to 90 daysZA
Zambia flag
Zambia
Up to 90 daysZM
Tanzania flag
Tanzania
Up to 90 daysTZ
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
Up to 90 daysMU

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Malawi passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

46 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Ghana flagGhana

🛬 Visa on Arrival

22 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Iran flagIran
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

4 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis

💻 E-Visa

36 countries

  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Syria flagSyria
  • 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

118 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • 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
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • 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
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Japan flagJapan
  • 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
  • Panama flagPanama
  • 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
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait

Historical Ranking Trend

Malawi's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 21 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Malawi Passport & Travel Resources

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

🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
🔗
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services
🔗
U.S. Embassy in Malawi
🔗
UK Government - Travel to Malawi
🔗
Government of Canada - Travel to Malawi
🔗
Australian Government - Smartraveller Malawi

Compare Malawi Passport with Other Passports

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

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Malawi flagMalawi (You are here)
#717228/10064/100
Botswana flagBotswana#638368/10068/100
Namibia flagNamibia#687745/10066/100
Lesotho flagLesotho#697545/10064/100
eSwatini flageSwatini#707342/10065/100
Morocco flagMorocco#707342/10065/100

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

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Malawian passport holders can visit 72 countries and territories without a prior visa in 2025. This includes 48 visa-free destinations, 22 visa-on-arrival destinations, and 4 electronic travel authorization (eTA) countries. The Malawi passport ranks 71st globally on the Henley Passport Index 2025.

Explore More Passport Rankings

Discover Malawi's passport power and compare with other countries to find the world's most powerful travel documents.

View All Passport Rankings
Last Updated: November 9, 2025

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