Malawian passport cover
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Malawian passport

Lucky Nomads Passport Index

LN Passport score

28.13

Global rank

#125

Pure mobility

26.14

Score breakdown

Access weighted by livability

18.56

Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with longer stays counting for more.

Residence rights

0

The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, not just visit.

Tax friendliness

80.6

How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.

Optionality and freedom

51.25

Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.

Free-movement destinations: 0. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 62.

Where this passport can go

Visa-free (44)

  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Ecuador
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Grenada
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong
  • Jamaica
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Lesotho
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Montserrat
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niue
  • Palestinian Territories
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (14)

  • Burundi
  • Cape Verde
  • Comoros
  • Ghana
  • Macao
  • Maldives
  • Nicaragua
  • Palau
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tuvalu

Electronic travel authorization (4)

  • Israel
  • Kenya
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Sri Lanka

eVisa (50)

  • Albania
  • Ascension
  • Australia
  • Bahrain
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Colombia
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Cuba
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Nepal
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
  • Saint Helena
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Vietnam

Visa required (122)

  • Afghanistan
  • Alderney
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Anguilla
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bermuda
  • Bonaire
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Central African Republic
  • Chile
  • China
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Falkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Polynesia
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Nauru
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Niger
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saba
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint-Martin (French part)
  • San Marino
  • Sark
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Svalbard
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vatican City
  • Venezuela
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Yemen
Lucky Maillard, Founder of Lucky Nomads

Lucky Maillard

Founder, Lucky Nomads · Wealth manager

Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.