Cape Verde · Passport Index 2026
Cape Verde · Passport Index 2026Cape Verdean passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #77 in the world, with 67 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for Cape Verdean passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Cape Verdean passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Cape Verdean passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Africa34 of 57 countries
- Asia15 of 50 countries
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Americas10 of 51 countries
- Europe1 of 51 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 234 destinations for Cape Verdean passport holders
234 of 234 destinations
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BermudaVisa not requiredNorth America
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe60 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa60 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia45 days
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuernseyVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Isle of ManVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JerseyVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Cape Verdean passport holders visit without a visa?
41 countries need no visa at all, and 26 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Cape Verde passport rank?
#71 of 199 passports, with 61 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Cape Verdean passport holders visit visa-free?
Nigeria, Russia, Philippines, South Africa Angola, and 36 more.
Where can Cape Verdean passport holders get a visa at the airport?
25 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Iran Tanzania, and 21 more.
Which countries let Cape Verdean passport holders apply online?
38 countries, including India, Pakistan, DR Congo Vietnam, and 34 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Cape Verdean passport holders?
128, including China, United States, Indonesia Brazil, and 124 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Cape Verdean passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Cape Verdean passport holders?
Africa: 60% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Cape Verdean passport holders visit easily?
Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana Guinea, and 9 more.
Does the Cape Verde passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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