Lucky Nomads Passport Index
Maltese passport
The Maltese passport scores 53.16 out of 100 and ranks 53 of 200 on the Lucky Nomads Passport Index, our livability-weighted measure of where a passport lets you live, work and settle.
LN Passport score
53.16 / 100
Global rank
#53of 2003
Pure mobility
87.57
Mobility rank #33, shown for reference at 0% weight
-20
Travels better than it lets you live
Score breakdown
Access weighted by livability
71.11
Access weighted by how livable each reachable destination is, with livability counted squared and longer stays counting for more.
Residence rights
14.63
The freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, with diminishing returns as the free-movement list grows.
Tax friendliness
47.5
How the home country taxes its citizens, including worldwide taxation of citizens abroad.
Optionality and freedom
77.05
Governance, rule of law and openness of the home country.
Free-movement destinations: 1. Visa-free or no-prior-visa destinations: 171.
Where this passport can go
Live and work freely (1)
Visa-free (148)
- Albania
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Palau
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saba
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint-Martin (French part)
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Wallis and Futuna
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visa on arrival (6)
Electronic travel authorization (16)
eVisa (48)
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Guyana
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Russia
- Saint Helena
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Togo
- Vietnam
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.