St.Kitts and Nevis has been ranked as the World’s best citizenship by investment program for 2023 following by Grenada in second place and St.Lucia securing the third place. This is the fourth edition of the Best CBI rankings published for 2023 based on the Points Based Score (PBS) model developed by Best Citizenships. This year we have considered about 40 important indicators considered by investors before deciding on the best CBI program to invest in. Grenada, St.Lucia and Dominica have been the winners in the Best CBI rankings during the previous years. Portugal and Ireland emerged as winners of Best Golden visa rankings.
Grenada is super attractive to CBI investors who look for a Plan B passport which comes with E-2 US visa benefit. St Lucia is another CBI recently becoming highly popular among single investors and Antigua among families.
Quick summary
- The Caribbean nations have consistently scored top spots in Best CBI rankings for their competitive pricing and passport benefits
- Vanuatu dropped in CBI rankings after losing visa free agreement with the EU member states including Switzerland.
- Malta remains the best investment citizenship program and last remaining CBI programs in Europe.
- North Macedonia and Montenegro are new comers from Europe, perhaps the youngest of CBI programs.
- Cyprus, Moldova remain permanently closed.
| Rank | CBI | PBS |
| 1 | St Kitts and Nevis | 270 |
| 2 | Grenada | 268 |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 257 |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 252 |
| 5 | Dominica | 247 |
| 6 | Malta | 228 |
| 7 | Montenegro | 224 |
| 8 | Turkey | 223 |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 218 |
| 10 | Vanuatu | 215 |
| 11 | Egypt | 179 |
| 12 | Samoa | 171 |
| 13 | Jordan | 168 |
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CBI Indicators
Each indicator has been assigned with 10 points. The visa free benefits has been assigned a chunk of points including 50 points for BIG-5 nations.
- Pricing
- Real Estate
- Popularity
- Government securities/ bonds
- Safety score
- Visa free total
- EU schengen
- UK
- USA
- Canada
- Russia
- China
- Wealth (GDP per capita)
- CBI Passport time (months)
- Processing speed (days)
- Residence conditions
- Right to Vote / Politics / Public office
- EU citizenship
- E-2 treaty with US
- Commonwealth
- Education Rank
- Healthcare Rank
- HDI Rank
- Confidentiality
- Tax free
- Due Diligence
- Application Difficulty
- CBI Transparency
- Passport Validity
- Personal visit exemption
- Lifetime Citizenship
- Family friendly
- Real estate prices
- CBI e-platform
- Stateless people
- Consulate assistance abroad
- Quotas / limits
- Biometric passport
- Refusal Rate
- Oaths
Every year we publish rankings on CBI, Golden Visas and Best Citizenships Index and also on most valuable passports in the world.
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Last update: 2022-12-19
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Prabhu Balakrishnan
Founder and CEO of Best Citizenships. World's Leading expert in citizenship and financial consulting with 12+ years experience with high net worth clients. Founded several brands for CBI industry. A Pioneer advocating Global mobility with dual Citizenship. Other interests include migration, computers, finance, travel, startups and crypto. Follow him on Twitter and Linkedin.
