Coat of arms of Cape Verde

Cape Verde passport

Rank #75 · Strength 67 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 24.5

Cape Verde passport

Citizens of Cape Verde can reach 67 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 42 visa-free, 21 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #75 for passport strength worldwide.

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42Visa-free
21Visa on arrival
4eTA
48e-⁠Visa
132Visa required

Cape Verde passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 39% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 6 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 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 67 destinations, 48 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 132 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (42)

Angola Bahamas Barbados Benin Burkina Faso Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Ecuador Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Hong Kong Kenya Liberia Macao Malaysia Mali Mauritius Micronesia Morocco Mozambique Niger Nigeria Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Togo Tunisia Tuvalu Western Sahara Zambia

Visa on arrival (21)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Jordan Laos Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (48)

Albania Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bhutan Botswana Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Georgia Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kyrgyzstan Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (132)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda 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 Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat 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 Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga 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 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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