Africa
🇨🇻 Cape Verde Passport Ranking
🏆 Rank #58 worldwidePassport grade: C+
Mobility99
Visa-free35
eVisa / VoA64
Mapped196
At a glance
CapitalPraia
Population—
Area4,033 km²
Cape Verde passport ranking 2026: ranked #58 worldwide with a mobility score of 99. Full list of 35 visa-free countries plus eVisa and visa-on-arrival destinations for Cape Verde passport holders.
The Cape Verde passport sits at #58 worldwide, giving holders balanced access across regions. Holders can enter 35 countries without a prior visa, including Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, obtain an eVisa or visa on arrival for 64 more destinations, while 97 countries require a visa in advance. Overall, this passport reaches about 51% of the world's mapped destinations.
Data updated: 2026-11-05 UTC
Access breakdown
- Visa-free3518%
- Visa on arrival2814%
- eVisa / eTA3618%
- Visa required9749%
Mobility map
Visa-freeVisa on arrivaleVisa / eTAVisa required
Destinations
196 countriesShowing 196 results
- 🇦🇫AfghanistanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇱AlbaniaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇩🇿AlgeriaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇩AndorraEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇴Angola30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇦🇬Antigua & BarbudaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇦🇷ArgentinaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇲ArmeniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇺AustraliaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇦🇹AustriaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇿AzerbaijanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇸Bahamas90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇭BahrainApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇧🇩BangladesheVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇧🇧Barbados90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇾BelarusEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇪BelgiumEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇿BelizeEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇯Benin90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇹BhutanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇧🇴BoliviaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇧🇦Bosnia & HerzegovinaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇼BotswanaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇧🇷BrazilEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇳BruneiEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇬BulgariaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇧🇫Burkina FasoUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇧🇮BurundieVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇭CambodiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇨🇲CameroonApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇨🇦CanadaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇫Central African RepublicEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇩ChadEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇱ChileEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇳ChinaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇴ColombiaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇰🇲ComoroseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇨🇬Congo - BrazzavilleEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇩Congo - KinshasaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇨🇷Costa RicaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇭🇷CroatiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇺CubaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇨🇾CyprusEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇿CzechiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇩🇰DenmarkEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇩🇯DjiboutieVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇩🇲Dominica21-day stayVisa-free
- 🇩🇴Dominican RepublicEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇪🇨Ecuador90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇪🇬EgyptEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇻El SalvadorApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇬🇶Equatorial GuineaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇪🇷EritreaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇪🇪EstoniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇿EswatiniEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇪🇹EthiopiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇫🇯FijiEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇫🇮FinlandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇫🇷FranceEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇦GabonApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇬🇲Gambia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇪GeorgiaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇩🇪GermanyEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇭GhanaUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇷GreeceEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇩GrenadaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇹GuatemalaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇬🇳GuineaUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇼Guinea-BissauUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇬🇾GuyanaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇭🇹Haiti90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇭🇳HondurasEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇭🇺HungaryEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇮🇸IcelandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇮🇳IndiaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇮🇩IndonesiaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇮🇷IraneVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇮🇶IraqApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇮🇪IrelandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇮🇱IsraelEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇮🇹ItalyEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇯🇲JamaicaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇯🇵JapanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇯🇴JordaneVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇿KazakhstanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇰🇪KenyaeVisa / VoAeTA
- 🇰🇮KiribatiEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇽🇰KosovoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇰🇼KuwaitEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇰🇬KyrgyzstanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇱🇦LaoseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇱🇻LatviaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇧LebanonEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇸LesothoApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇱🇷LiberiaUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇱🇾LibyaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇱🇮LiechtensteinEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇹LithuaniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇺LuxembourgEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇬MadagascareVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇼MalawieVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇾Malaysia30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇻MaldiveseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇱MaliUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇹MaltaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇭Marshall IslandseVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇷MauritaniaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇺Mauritius90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇽MexicoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇫🇲Micronesia30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇩MoldovaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇲🇨MonacoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇳MongoliaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇲🇪MontenegroEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇦Morocco90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇲🇿MozambiqueeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇲🇲Myanmar (Burma)Embassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇦NamibiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇳🇷NauruEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇵NepaleVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇳🇱NetherlandsEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇿New ZealandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇮NicaraguaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇳🇪NigerUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇳🇬NigeriaUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇰🇵North KoreaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇲🇰North MacedoniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇳🇴NorwayEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇴🇲OmanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇵🇰PakistanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇵🇼PalaueVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇵🇸Palestinian TerritoriesUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇵🇦PanamaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇵🇬Papua New GuineaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇵🇾ParaguayEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇵🇪PeruEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇵🇭Philippines30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇵🇱PolandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇵🇹PortugalEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇶🇦QatarApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇷🇴RomaniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇷🇺Russia60-day stayVisa-free
- 🇷🇼Rwanda30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇼🇸SamoaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇸🇲San MarinoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇦Saudi ArabiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇳Senegal90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇷🇸SerbiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇨Seychelles90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇸🇱Sierra LeoneUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇸🇬Singapore30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇸🇰SlovakiaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇮SloveniaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇧Solomon IslandsEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇴SomaliaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇿🇦South Africa30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇰🇷South KoreaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇸🇸South SudanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇪🇸SpainEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇱🇰Sri LankaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇰🇳St. Kitts & NevisApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇱🇨St. LuciaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇻🇨St. Vincent & Grenadines90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇸🇩SudanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇷SurinameEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇪SwedenEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇨🇭SwitzerlandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇸🇾SyriaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇸🇹São Tomé & PríncipeUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇼TaiwanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇯TajikistanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇹🇿TanzaniaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇹🇭ThailandEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇱Timor-Leste30-day stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇬TogoUnlimited stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇴TongaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇹Trinidad & TobagoEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇳Tunisia90-day stayVisa-free
- 🇹🇲TurkmenistanEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇹🇻TuvalueVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇹🇷TürkiyeEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇺🇬UgandaApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇺🇦UkraineEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇦🇪United Arab EmiratesApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇬🇧United KingdomEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇺🇸United StatesEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇺🇾UruguayEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇺🇿UzbekistanApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇻🇺VanuatuEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇻🇦Vatican CityEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇻🇪VenezuelaEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇻🇳VietnamApply online before traveleVisa
- 🇾🇪YemenEmbassy visa requiredVisa required
- 🇿🇲ZambiaeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
- 🇿🇼ZimbabweeVisa / VoAVisa on arrival
Where can Cape Verde passport holders travel visa-free?
Europe 1
Russia
Visa-free: 1 · eVisa/VoA: 2Asia 5
Malaysia، Palestinian Territories، Philippines، Singapore، Timor-Leste
Visa-free: 5 · eVisa/VoA: 25Africa 22
Angola، Benin، Burkina Faso، Côte d’Ivoire، Gambia، Ghana، Guinea…
Visa-free: 22 · eVisa/VoA: 23Americas 6
Bahamas، Barbados، Dominica، Ecuador، Haiti، St. Vincent & Grenadines
Visa-free: 6 · eVisa/VoA: 8Oceania 1
Micronesia
Visa-free: 1 · eVisa/VoA: 6Visa requirements come from the open Passport Index dataset, refreshed automatically every day, with our own verified corrections applied on top. It is not an official government feed — always confirm with the embassy or consulate before you travel. Data updated: 2026-11-04 09:06 UTC
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