The Discreet Investor
World Passport Index · October 2026
Cuba passport: rank 177 of 199
The Cuba passport scores 39.6 out of 100 in our Investor Score and opens 53 destinations without a prior visa (Mobility Score 64.2, rank 151).
Photo: El Malecón, Havana · Ezarate · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
Investor Score
How the Cuba passport scores on each pillar
| Pillar | Points | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted mobility | 3.9 / 30 | 53 of 198 destinations without a prior visa; 13% 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 | 9.0 / 15 | Under comprehensive US, EU or UK sanctions |
| Tax and obligations | 15.0 / 15 | No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad. |
| Citizenship flexibility | 5.5 / 10 | Dual citizenship allowed; Passed to children born abroad under conditions; Can be withdrawn on broad grounds |
| Stability and consular protection | 6.2 / 10 | Political stability 71/100 · rule of law 41/100 · embassies or consulates in 123 countries. |
| Investor Score | 39.6 / 100 |
Weighted mobility
Where Cuba 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-free27
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Barbados · 28 days
- Belarus · 30 days
- Botswana · 90 days
- Dominica · 21 days
- Fiji
- Grenada · 60 days
- Guyana · 90 days
- Iran · 15 days
- Kiribati · 90 days
- Kyrgyzstan
- Malaysia · 90 days
- Micronesia · 30 days
- Mongolia · 30 days
- Namibia
- Palestine
- Qatar · 30 days
- Russia · 90 days
- Samoa · 90 days
- Singapore · 30 days
- St Lucia
- St Vincent & the Grenadines
- Tajikistan · 30 days
- Thailand · 60 days
- Trinidad & Tobago · 90 days
- Uzbekistan · 30 days
- Vanuatu · 120 days
Electronic travel authorisation3
- Seychelles
- Sri Lanka · 30 days
- St Kitts & Nevis
Visa on arrival23
- Bahrain · 14 days
- Bangladesh · 30 days
- Burundi
- Cambodia · 30 days
- Cape Verde · 30 days
- Comoros · 45 days
- Egypt · 30 days
- Guinea-Bissau · 90 days
- Laos · 30 days
- Macao · 30 days
- Madagascar · 90 days
- Maldives · 30 days
- Marshall Islands · 90 days
- Mauritius · 60 days
- Mozambique · 30 days
- Nepal · 90 days
- Palau · 30 days
- Rwanda · 30 days
- Tanzania · 90 days
- Timor-Leste · 30 days
- Tuvalu
- Zambia · 90 days
- Zimbabwe
E-visa46
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Colombia
- Côte d’Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Guinea
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Libya
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Togo
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Visa required99
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Finland
- France
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vatican City
- Yemen
Right to live and work
Where Cuba citizens can live and work
Cuba 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 Cuba citizens
Banking
- Under comprehensive US, EU or UK sanctions
Tax and obligations
- No worldwide tax, military service or exit permit for citizens abroad.
Citizenship
- Dual citizenship allowed
- Passed to children born abroad under conditions
- Can be withdrawn on broad grounds
Stability and consular network
- Political stability 71/100 · rule of law 41/100 · embassies or consulates in 123 countries.
Some indicators are estimated from regional medians: Tax and obligations.
Cuba passport: common questions
How many countries can Cuba passport holders visit without a visa? +
53 of the 198 other passport-issuing jurisdictions: 27 visa-free, 3 with an electronic travel authorisation and 23 with a visa on arrival. A further 46 offer an e-visa, and 99 require a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Do Cuba 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 Cuba passport good for investors? +
It ranks 177 of 199 in the Investor Score, with 39.6 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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