Malawi Passport Ranking 2026 — Rank, Power & Mobility

How strong is the Malawi passport

The Malawi passport ranks #127 of 199 in the 2026 passport index with a mobility score of 89.2. It is stronger than 72 passports — visa-free to 42 countries and easy access to 105.

stronger ↑

Azerbaijan

#126

34 visa-free · score 90.3

this passport

Malawi

#127

42 visa-free · score 89.2

weaker ↓

Philippines

#128

35 visa-free · score 88.9

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Where the Malawi passport can travel

Every destination by visa status — visa-free, on arrival, e-Visa or required. Tap a country for details.

Visa-free · 42

Angola 30 days → Antigua and Barbuda 180 days → Bahamas 90 days → Bangladesh 90 days → Barbados 180 days → Belize 90 days → Benin 90 days → Botswana 90 days → Dominica 180 days → Ecuador 90 days → Fiji 120 days → Gambia 90 days → Grenada 90 days → Haiti 90 days → Hong Kong 90 days → Israel 90 days → Jamaica 90 days → Kiribati 90 days → Kosovo 90 days → Lesotho 90 days → Malaysia 30 days → Mauritius 90 days → Micronesia 30 days → Mozambique 90 days → Namibia 90 days → Palestine 90 days → Philippines 30 days → Rwanda 30 days → Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 days → Saint Lucia 42 days → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90 days → Seychelles 90 days → Singapore 30 days → South Africa 30 days → Swaziland 30 days → Tanzania 90 days → Togo 30 days → Trinidad and Tobago 90 days → Uganda 90 days → Vanuatu 120 days → Zambia 90 days → Zimbabwe 90 days →

Visa on arrival · 25

Bolivia 30 days → Burundi 30 days → Cambodia 30 days → Cape Verde 30 days → Comoros 30 days → Djibouti 30 days → Ethiopia 30 days → Guinea-Bissau 30 days → Iran 30 days → Jordan 30 days → Laos 30 days → Macao 30 days → Madagascar 30 days → Maldives 30 days → Mauritania 30 days → Nepal 30 days → Nicaragua 30 days → Nigeria 30 days → Palau 30 days → Samoa 30 days → Senegal 30 days → Sierra Leone 30 days → Sri Lanka 30 days → Timor-Leste 30 days → Tuvalu 30 days →

e-Visa / ETA · 38

Albania 90 days → Australia 90 days → Bahrain 90 days → Bhutan 90 days → Burkina Faso 90 days → Cameroon 90 days → Colombia 90 days → Cuba 90 days → DR Congo 90 days → El Salvador 90 days → Equatorial Guinea 90 days → Gabon 90 days → Georgia 90 days → Ghana 90 days → Guinea 90 days → India 90 days → Indonesia 90 days → Iraq 90 days → Ivory Coast 90 days → Kazakhstan 90 days → Kenya 90 days → Kyrgyzstan 90 days → Libya 90 days → Moldova 90 days → Mongolia 90 days → Oman 90 days → Pakistan 90 days → Papua New Guinea 90 days → Qatar 90 days → Sao Tome and Principe 90 days → Somalia 90 days → South Korea 90 days → South Sudan 90 days → Suriname 90 days → Syria 90 days → Tajikistan 90 days → United Arab Emirates 90 days → Vietnam 90 days →

Visa required · 93

Afghanistan — → Algeria — → Andorra — → Argentina — → Armenia — → Austria — → Azerbaijan — → Belarus — → Belgium — → Bosnia and Herzegovina — → Brazil — → Brunei — → Bulgaria — → Canada — → Central African Republic — → Chad — → Chile — → China — → Congo — → Costa Rica — → Croatia — → Cyprus — → Czech Republic — → Denmark — → Dominican Republic — → Egypt — → Eritrea — → Estonia — → Finland — → France — → Germany — → Greece — → Guatemala — → Guyana — → Honduras — → Hungary — → Iceland — → Ireland — → Italy — → Japan — → Kuwait — → Latvia — → Lebanon — → Liberia — → Liechtenstein — → Lithuania — → Luxembourg — → Mali — → Malta — → Marshall Islands — → Mexico — → Monaco — → Montenegro — → Morocco — → Myanmar — → Nauru — → Netherlands — → New Zealand — → Niger — → North Korea — → North Macedonia — → Norway — → Panama — → Paraguay — → Peru — → Poland — → Portugal — → Romania — → Russia — → San Marino — → Saudi Arabia — → Serbia — → Slovakia — → Slovenia — → Solomon Islands — → Spain — → Sudan — → Sweden — → Switzerland — → Taiwan — → Thailand — → Tonga — → Tunisia — → Turkey — → Turkmenistan — → Ukraine — → United Kingdom — → United States — → Uruguay — → Uzbekistan — → Vatican — → Venezuela — → Yemen — →

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Where Malawi citizens face the toughest visas

Schengen, the US and the UK count refusals separately. Here are all three rates for the Malawi passport in one place.

The hardest is the US — 53.4% of applications refused, against 31.1% at the most lenient one.

United States

53.4%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #48 of 197

+5.6 pp year-over-year

B1/B2 visas

United Kingdom

31.1%

of applications refused

strictness rank: #52 of 119

+3.4 pp year-over-year

visitor visas

2.5 months until the next US interview · Lilongwe

3 rule changes recorded for this passport in our archive, 2 of them easing · the feed →

60.0% of Canadian applications not approved (all visa types, 850 decisions) — different methodology, not comparable with the three above · details →

1 countries accept visa applications right inside Malawi

Methodologies differ: the EC counts by place of filing, the State Department and Home Office by nationality. Read as orders of magnitude.

Popular destinations for the Malawi passport

Whether Malawi citizens need a visa for popular countries — tap for details.

→ Malawi → United StatesVisa required → → Malawi → United KingdomVisa required → → Malawi → JapanVisa required → → Malawi → United Arab Emiratese-Visa / ETA → → Malawi → ThailandVisa required → → Malawi → TurkeyVisa required →

Frequently asked

How strong is the Malawi passport?

The Malawi passport ranks #127 of 199 in the 2026 passport index (mobility score 89.2). It gives visa-free access to 42 countries and easy access to 105 — stronger than 72 passports.

How many countries can Malawi visit visa-free?

42 countries are visa-free, plus more on arrival or with an eTA. See the full list on the "visa-free countries for Malawi" page.

Why does the Malawi passport rank where it does?

The rank is set by the number of visa-free and visa-on-arrival destinations. The Malawi passport sits in the middle tier of the 2026 ranking. Positions shift as visa agreements change.

How is the passport ranking calculated?

We sum visa-free, visa-on-arrival and eTA destinations into a mobility score that sets the rank. Same idea as Henley and Arton Capital, on our own 2026 data.

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