Relationship dossier
Algeria
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation includes economic agreements and Switzerland’s historical role in facilitating contacts related to Algerian independence.
Algeria toward Switzerland
+30Algeria has joined bilateral economic arrangements with Switzerland, including agreements concerning investment protection and taxation. The breadth of cooperation beyond these arrangements is unclear.
Switzerland toward Algeria
+30Switzerland has maintained bilateral economic cooperation with Algeria, including agreements concerning investment protection and taxation. Before Algerian independence, Swiss officials helped facilitate contacts between France and the Algerian independence movement.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes practical economic arrangements and a notable history of Swiss facilitation during the Algerian independence process. These features support a cooperative characterization, while the available scope of bilateral engagement does not establish a close partnership across multiple policy areas.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Algeria and Switzerland have maintained bilateral cooperation, including agreements on investment protection and taxation. Switzerland also helped facilitate contacts between France and the Algerian independence movement before Algeria’s independence. These facts indicate a cooperative relationship, though its scope and continuity across other policy areas are unclear.
Key developments
Switzerland facilitated contacts between France and the Algerian independence movement during negotiations leading to Algerian independence.
Algeria and Switzerland concluded bilateral agreements concerning investment protection and taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic agreements are unclear.
- The breadth of current government cooperation beyond economic relations is unclear.