Cape Verde passport

Rank, score and destinations reachable with the Cape Verde passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.

The Cape Verde passport ranks 132 worldwide, giving access to 66 destinations without a prior visa.

Cape Verde ranks 23 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 191 passports.

Passport rank
132 / 199
Visa-free travel to
66 destinations
Openness rank
23 / 199
Visa-free entry for
191 passports

Visa-free — 37

Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, Ecuador, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hong Kong, Liberia, Macau, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Micronesia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia

Visa on arrival — 27

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 2

Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 36

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Visa required — 96

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen