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Cape Verde Islands Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 66 Countries

The Cape Verde Islands passport ranks 77th globally in 2025, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 66 destinations worldwide. This West African island nation's travel document provides moderate international mobility, with access primarily to African nations, select European countries under special agreements, and several other destinations. While not among the world's most powerful passports, Cape Verde passport holders benefit from regional travel advantages within ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and expanding bilateral visa waiver agreements that enhance their global travel opportunities.

Global Rank
#77
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
66
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
45
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Cape Verde Islands passport

37
Visa-Free
25
On Arrival
4
ETA Required
34
E-Visa
126
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Cape Verde Islands passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

37 countries

  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Niger flagNiger
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Mozambique flagMozambique

🛬 Visa on Arrival

25 countries

  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Iran flagIran
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Niue flagNiue

🔐 ETA Required

4 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • Morocco flagMorocco

💻 E-Visa

34 countries

  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • India flagIndia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

126 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • French West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Romania flagRomania
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Cape Verde Islands's passport ranking progression from 2008 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 12 positions from 2008 to 2025

Official Cape Verde Islands Passport & Travel Resources

Access official government resources for passport services, travel advisories, and visa information:

🔗
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration
🔗
Consular Services - Ministry of Communities
🔗
Cape Verde eVisa Portal
🔗
U.S. Embassy in Cape Verde
🔗
UK Government - Travel Advice Cape Verde
🔗
Government of Canada - Travel Advice Cape Verde

Compare Cape Verde Islands Passport with Other Passports

See how Cape Verde Islands's passport compares with other AFRICA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands (You are here)
#776645/100N/A
Namibia flagNamibia#687745/10066/100
Lesotho flagLesotho#697545/10064/100
eSwatini flageSwatini#707342/10065/100
Morocco flagMorocco#707342/10065/100
Malawi flagMalawi#717228/10064/100

*Mobility score calculated based on visa-free access and global travel freedom.

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Cape Verdean passport holders can visit 66 countries visa-free in 2025. The passport ranks 77th globally on the Henley Passport Index. Visa-free destinations include ECOWAS countries (Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria), Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Ecuador, and several Caribbean nations like Barbados and Dominica.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

Source: IATA Travel Centre, Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.