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Cuba passport

Rank #83 · Strength 58 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 19.7

Cuba passport

Citizens of Cuba can reach 58 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 29 visa-free, 25 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #83 for passport strength worldwide.

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29Visa-free
25Visa on arrival
4eTA
54e-⁠Visa
135Visa required

Cuba passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 27% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 34 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 58 destinations, 54 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 135 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (29)

Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Belarus Botswana Cook Islands Dominica Fiji Grenada Iran Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Micronesia Mongolia Namibia Niger Palestine Qatar Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Visa on arrival (25)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Gambia Guinea-Bissau Guyana Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (54)

Albania Angola Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iraq Kazakhstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Syria Thailand Togo Uganda Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (135)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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