Of 198 nationalities, 24 enter Mali with no paperwork at all.
The rest: 2 can get a visa at the border and 172 must be approved before they travel.
We have not found a Mali government portal we can link to with confidence, so
we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Mali's own
immigration service or its embassy.
What do you need? I hold a passport from Choose a country 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇻🇦 Vatican City 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇳 Brunei 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇮🇱 Israel 🇯🇵 Japan 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇼 Kuwait 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇲🇴 Macao 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇴🇲 Oman 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇰🇷 South Korea 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇾🇪 Yemen 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Panama 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇵🇪 Peru 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇷 Suriname 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇺🇸 United States 🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇦🇺 Australia 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇷 Nauru 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Who needs what Visa free 24 Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
🇩🇿 Algeria 30d 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇲 Cameroon 90d 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇹🇩 Chad 90d 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 90d 🇮🇩 Indonesia 30d 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇴 Macao 90d 🇲🇷 Mauritania 90d 🇲🇦 Morocco 90d 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia 90d 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 90d
Show all 24 Visa on arrival 2 Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.
🇰🇪 Kenya 90d 🇷🇼 Rwanda 90d About Mali
Region Western Africa
Capital Bamako
Population 25,198,821 2025 · 58th of 197
Size 1,240,192 km² 23rd largest of 199
Density 20 per km²
Language French
Currency West African CFA franc XOF
Capital, area, languages and currency from the
open country dataset ,
pulled 21 September 2026.
Population from the
World Bank ,
series updated 13 July 2026.
Density is calculated from the two figures above.
Visa requirement data last updated by its source 18 February 2026 confirm the requirement on the government page
Checked for changes 4 October 2026
Rules change without notice. Always confirm against the government page before you book or
pay — how we source this .
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