The Discreet Investor
World Passport Index · October 2026
Cameroon passport: rank 196 of 199
The Cameroon passport scores 32.7 out of 100 in our Investor Score and opens 48 destinations without a prior visa (Mobility Score 58.9, rank 169).
Photo: Limbe coast with Bioko on the horizon · Amcaja · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
Investor Score
How the Cameroon passport scores on each pillar
| Pillar | Points | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted mobility | 3.2 / 30 | 48 of 198 destinations without a prior visa; 11% of the maximum once destinations are weighted by economic importance. |
| Right to live and work | 0.0 / 20 | No automatic right to live and work in another country. |
| Banking access | 8.2 / 15 | On the FATF grey list (increased monitoring); On the EU list of high-risk third countries |
| Tax and obligations | 15.0 / 15 | No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad. |
| Citizenship flexibility | 3.0 / 10 | Dual citizenship not allowed; Passed automatically to children born abroad; Can be withdrawn on broad grounds |
| Stability and consular protection | 3.3 / 10 | Political stability 36/100 · rule of law 39/100 · embassies or consulates in 38 countries. |
| Investor Score | 32.7 / 100 |
Weighted mobility
Where Cameroon passport holders can travel
Entry rules for a short tourist or business stay, by category. Destinations are the 199 passport-issuing jurisdictions; dependent territories will be added in the first full edition.
Visa-free23
- Barbados · 90 days
- Benin · 90 days
- Central African Republic · 90 days
- Chad · 90 days
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea · 90 days
- Gabon · 90 days
- Gambia · 90 days
- Grenada
- Haiti
- Kiribati · 90 days
- Lesotho · 90 days
- Mali · 90 days
- Micronesia · 30 days
- Nigeria · 90 days
- Palestine
- Philippines · 30 days
- Republic of the Congo · 90 days
- Rwanda · 30 days
- Samoa · 60 days
- Seychelles
- Singapore · 30 days
- Vanuatu · 120 days
Electronic travel authorisation0
Visa on arrival25
- Bangladesh · 30 days
- Bolivia · 90 days
- Burundi · 30 days
- Cambodia · 30 days
- Cape Verde · 30 days
- Comoros · 45 days
- Ethiopia · 90 days
- Ghana · 30 days
- Guinea-Bissau · 90 days
- Iran · 30 days
- Macao
- Madagascar · 90 days
- Maldives · 30 days
- Mauritius · 60 days
- Mozambique · 30 days
- Namibia
- Palau · 30 days
- Senegal · 90 days
- Sierra Leone · 90 days
- St Lucia
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste · 30 days
- Togo · 15 days
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
E-visa46
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Colombia
- Côte d’Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Djibouti
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guinea
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Libya
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Qatar
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- St Kitts & Nevis
- Suriname
- Syria
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visa required104
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Vincent & the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tonga
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Yemen
Right to live and work
Where Cameroon citizens can live and work
Cameroon citizens have no automatic right to live and work in another country: residence abroad depends on each country's immigration rules — or on a residence or citizenship by investment programme.
Banking access · Tax and obligations · Citizenship flexibility
Banking, tax and citizenship rules for Cameroon citizens
Banking
- On the FATF grey list (increased monitoring)
- On the EU list of high-risk third countries
Tax and obligations
- No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad.
Citizenship
- Dual citizenship not allowed
- Passed automatically to children born abroad
- Can be withdrawn on broad grounds
Stability and consular network
- Political stability 36/100 · rule of law 39/100 · embassies or consulates in 38 countries.
Cameroon passport: common questions
How many countries can Cameroon passport holders visit without a visa? +
48 of the 198 other passport-issuing jurisdictions: 23 visa-free, 0 with an electronic travel authorisation and 25 with a visa on arrival. A further 46 offer an e-visa, and 104 require a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Do Cameroon citizens need a visa for the Schengen area, the United Kingdom and the United States? +
Schengen area (France): Visa required. United Kingdom: Visa required. United States: Visa required.
Is the Cameroon passport good for investors? +
It ranks 196 of 199 in the Investor Score, with 32.7 points out of 100. Its strongest pillar is Tax and obligations; its weakest is Right to live and work.
Sources: entry rules from the Wikipedia article Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), read in October 2026; other pillars from official lists, legislation, the World Bank, UNDP and UN Tourism. Preliminary edition — see the methodology.
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