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Maldives passport: entry requirements
Dataset snapshot 2026-02-17 · retrieved 2026-10-18
With a Maldives passport, across the 199 destinations in the dataset: 81 visa-free or on arrival, 5 travel authorisation only, 39 e-visa, 73 visa required. The denominator is the dataset's 199 countries and territories, not every dependency on earth - not a global ranking.
Visa-free
Visa on arrival
Travel authorisation
e-Visa
Visa required
Rank in this dataset
Where the visa-free access sits
The same matrix cut by region: green = visa-free/on arrival, amber = authorisation/e-visa, red = visa required. Bars are normalised to the number of destinations in that region — a distribution view only.
Where a destination carries an "Official" tag, the link opens the immigration or visa authority of that country so you can confirm the current rule yourself; destinations without one have no recorded official link yet.
Visa-free54 destinations
- Antigua & BarbudaVisa-free 180 days
- BahamasVisa-free 90 days
- BangladeshVisa-free 90 days
- BarbadosVisa-free 180 days
- BelizeVisa-free
- BhutanVisa-free 14 days
- BotswanaVisa-free 90 days
- BruneiVisa-free 14 days
- ChinaVisa-free 30 days · Official
- Costa RicaVisa-free 30 days
- DominicaVisa-free 180 days
- EcuadorVisa-free 90 days · Official
- EswatiniVisa-free 30 days
- FijiVisa-free 120 days
- GambiaVisa-free 90 days
- GrenadaVisa-free 90 days
- GuyanaVisa-free 30 days
- HaitiVisa-free 90 days
- Hong Kong SAR, ChinaVisa-free 90 days · Official
- IndiaVisa-free 90 days · Official
- IrelandVisa-free 90 days
- JamaicaVisa-free
- KazakhstanVisa-free 30 days
- KenyaVisa-free 90 days
- KiribatiVisa-free 90 days
- KosovoVisa-free 90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa-free 30 days
- LesothoVisa-free 90 days
- MalawiVisa-free 30 days
- MalaysiaVisa-free 90 days · Official
- MauritiusVisa-free 90 days
- MicronesiaVisa-free 30 days
- MongoliaVisa-free 30 days
- MoroccoVisa-free 30 days · Official
- PakistanVisa-free 90 days
- Palestinian TerritoriesVisa-free
- PanamaVisa-free 90 days
- PhilippinesVisa-free 30 days · Official
- RussiaVisa-free 90 days
- RwandaVisa-free 30 days
- SeychellesVisa-free 90 days
- SingaporeVisa-free 30 days · Official
- South AfricaVisa-free 30 days · Official
- St. LuciaVisa-free 42 days
- St. Vincent & GrenadinesVisa-free 90 days
- TajikistanVisa-free 30 days
- ThailandVisa-free 60 days · Official
- Trinidad & TobagoVisa-free
- TunisiaVisa-free 90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa-free 90 days
- VanuatuVisa-free 120 days
- VenezuelaVisa-free 90 days
- ZambiaVisa-free 90 days
- ZimbabweVisa-free 90 days
Visa on arrival27 destinations
- BurundiVisa on arrival
- CambodiaVisa on arrival
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrival
- ComorosVisa on arrival
- DjiboutiVisa on arrival
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrival
- IndonesiaVisa on arrival
- IranVisa on arrival
- JordanVisa on arrival
- LaosVisa on arrival
- Macao SAR ChinaVisa on arrival · Official
- MadagascarVisa on arrival
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrival
- MozambiqueVisa on arrival
- NamibiaVisa on arrival
- NepalVisa on arrival
- NicaraguaVisa on arrival
- PalauVisa on arrival
- QatarVisa on arrival · Official
- SamoaVisa on arrival
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrival · Official
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrival
- Sri LankaVisa on arrival
- TanzaniaVisa on arrival
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrival
- TurkiyeVisa on arrival · Official
- TuvaluVisa on arrival
Travel authorisation5 destinations
- Côte d’IvoireTravel authorisation
- Papua New GuineaTravel authorisation
- St. Kitts & NevisTravel authorisation
- SurinameTravel authorisation
- United KingdomTravel authorisation · Official
e-Visa39 destinations
- Albaniae-Visa
- Armeniae-Visa
- Australiae-Visa
- Azerbaijane-Visa
- Bahraine-Visa
- Benine-Visa
- Boliviae-Visa
- Burkina Fasoe-Visa
- Cameroone-Visa
- Chade-Visa
- Colombiae-Visa
- Congo - Kinshasae-Visa
- Cubae-Visa
- El Salvadore-Visa
- Equatorial Guineae-Visa
- Ethiopiae-Visa
- Gabone-Visa
- Georgiae-Visa · Official
- Guineae-Visa
- Iraqe-Visa
- Israele-Visa
- Korea, Rep.e-Visa · Official
- Liberiae-Visa
- Libyae-Visa
- Mauritaniae-Visa
- Moldovae-Visa
- Myanmar (Burma)e-Visa
- Nigeriae-Visa
- Omane-Visa
- São Tomé & Príncipee-Visa
- Sierra Leonee-Visa
- Somaliae-Visa
- South Sudane-Visa
- Syriae-Visa
- Togoe-Visa
- Ugandae-Visa
- Ukrainee-Visa
- Uzbekistane-Visa
- Viet Name-Visa
Visa required73 destinations
- AfghanistanVisa required
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraVisa required
- AngolaVisa required
- ArgentinaVisa required · Official
- AustriaVisa required
- BelarusVisa required
- BelgiumVisa required
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisa required
- BrazilVisa required
- BulgariaVisa required
- CanadaVisa required · Official
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- ChileVisa required
- Congo - BrazzavilleVisa required
- CroatiaVisa required
- CyprusVisa required
- CzechiaVisa required
- DenmarkVisa required
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- Egypt, Arab Rep.Visa required · Official
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaVisa required
- FinlandVisa required
- FranceVisa required
- GermanyVisa required
- GhanaVisa required
- GreeceVisa required
- GuatemalaVisa required
- HondurasVisa required
- HungaryVisa required
- IcelandVisa required · Official
- ItalyVisa required
- JapanVisa required
- KuwaitVisa required
- LatviaVisa required
- LebanonVisa required
- LiechtensteinVisa required
- LithuaniaVisa required
- LuxembourgVisa required
- MaliVisa required
- MaltaVisa required
- MexicoVisa required · Official
- MonacoVisa required
- MontenegroVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- NetherlandsVisa required
- New ZealandVisa required · Official
- NigerVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa required
- NorwayVisa required
- ParaguayVisa required
- PeruVisa required
- PolandVisa required
- PortugalVisa required
- RomaniaVisa required
- San MarinoVisa required
- SenegalVisa required
- SerbiaVisa required · Official
- SlovakiaVisa required
- SloveniaVisa required
- SpainVisa required
- SudanVisa required
- SwedenVisa required
- SwitzerlandVisa required · Official
- Taiwan, ChinaVisa required · Official
- TongaVisa required
- TurkmenistanVisa required
- United StatesVisa required
- UruguayVisa required
- Vatican CityVisa required
- YemenVisa required
Source and method
Source: Passport Index mirror dataset (MIT, licence), dataset last updated 2026-02-17, retrieved 2026-10-18, page generated 2026-10-18. This is a third-party aggregation, not per-country official gazettes. We additionally record official visa portals for 27 countries (link reachability checked on 2026-10-18 — that only confirms the link opens, not the policy text). Region grouping comes from the UN M49 country codes, flags from flag-icons (MIT); both are presentation layers only and change no visa conclusion. It is a different source from the hand-verified mainland-China passport snapshot (2025-01-15) on our country pages; where they disagree we show both on the China page. Rules change often - always confirm with the destination's official immigration channel before travelling.
FAQ
How many countries can a Maldives passport enter visa-free?
Of the 199 destinations in the dataset, 81 are visa-free or visa on arrival (54 visa-free, 27 on arrival), plus 5 requiring only a travel authorisation. The denominator is the dataset's 199 countries and territories, not every dependency on earth - do not read this as a global passport ranking.
Where are the visa-free stay limits?
Each destination shows the stay length stated by the dataset. Where no length is given (for example EU freedom of movement) the entry reads visa-free without a day count. Limits are set by the destination and can vary by nationality, purpose and port of entry - the official channel decides.
Do travel authorisations and e-visas count as visa-free?
No. A travel authorisation is an online registration, usually approved in minutes, and is not a visa. An e-visa is an online application that must be approved - substantively a visa. We list them separately so "apply first" is not counted as "walk on".
Where are the official government visa pages?
Where we have recorded an official immigration or visa portal for a destination, it is marked "Official" next to that destination and opens the government page in a new tab. For destinations without one, search for the national immigration authority. We checked only that the link opens, not that its content matches the dataset - the official page decides.
What do the flags represent?
Flags are a visual index for destinations only, taken from the open-source flag-icons project (MIT). They do not express any position on the political status of any territory; names follow the dataset and ICU common names.
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