Every country sells its citizenship. Some take wires. Others take years of taxes.

This site reframes naturalization as what it really is: an implicit price you pay in income tax, consumption tax, and time. Citizenship-by-investment (CBI) states just put the price on the book directly. Everyone else hides it in your payslip and receipts. How the “price” is calculated?

Dominica vs. Italy

Instant cash transfer vs. 10 years of taxation

Same outcome: a passport in your pocket

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Browse implied passport prices, computed from taxes and time-to-citizenship.

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How the “price” is calculated

1. Take the average yearly income needed to live in a country.
2. Apply income + social taxes and VAT + sales taxes to that income.
3. Multiply the yearly tax bill by the years to naturalization.
That total is the implied cost of the passport.

Note from the author

This is an approximation, not legal or tax advice. It assumes an average lifestyle, full tax compliance, and that most income is spent domestically. Real life is messier — but the point stands: citizenship has a price, even when it’s never called “investment”.

The numbers are obtained from ChatGPT, not from the professional tax consultants. This site was made for fun, not as some serious academic research.

Last updated: December 2025. You can follow and contact me on X: @nikzh 🤓