Relationship dossier
Australia
Czech Republic
Relationship assessment
Australia and the Czech Republic cooperate through agreements on social security and cross-border taxation.
Australia toward Czech Republic
+30Australia participates in bilateral arrangements with the Czech Republic on social security and taxation, coordinating benefits and addressing cross-border tax matters.
Czech Republic toward Australia
+30The Czech Republic participates in bilateral arrangements with Australia on social security and taxation, coordinating benefits and addressing cross-border tax matters.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation in bilateral agreements on social security and taxation. The scope and durability of cooperation in other fields are less clear.
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
Australia and the Czech Republic maintain a cooperative relationship supported by practical bilateral agreements. Their social security agreement coordinates benefits for eligible people with ties to both countries, while a tax treaty addresses cross-border taxation. These arrangements provide concrete cooperation, although the breadth of other government-to-government collaboration is unclear.
Key developments
The Australia–Czech Republic social security agreement entered into force, coordinating certain social security entitlements for eligible people connected to both countries.
The bilateral agreement on the avoidance of double taxation entered into force, establishing rules for cross-border tax matters.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of current defense and security cooperation is unclear.
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond social security and taxation is unclear.