Cuba · Passport Index 2026
Cuba · Passport Index 2026Cuban passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #83 in the world, with 54 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 Cuban 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 Cuban passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Cuban 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.
- Oceania8 of 14 countries
- Asia19 of 50 countries
- Africa16 of 54 countries
- Americas9 of 34 countries
- Europe2 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Cuban passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean28 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean60 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia15 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia120 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia80 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- 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
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United StatesAdmission restrictedNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Cuban passport holders visit without a visa?
27 countries need no visa at all, and 27 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Cuba passport rank?
#79 of 199 passports, with 53 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Cuban passport holders visit visa-free?
Russia, Iran, Thailand, Uzbekistan Malaysia, and 22 more.
Where can Cuban passport holders get a visa at the airport?
25 countries, including Bangladesh, Egypt, Tanzania Mozambique, and 21 more.
Which countries let Cuban passport holders apply online?
46 countries, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 42 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Cuban passport holders?
99, including China, Brazil, Mexico Japan, and 95 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Cuban passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: entry is restricted; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Cuban passport holders?
Oceania: 57% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Cuban passport holders visit easily?
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada Saint Lucia, and 3 more.
Does the Cuba 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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