Relationship dossier
Australia
Kenya
Relationship assessment
Australia and Kenya maintain constructive ties through development assistance and practical bilateral cooperation.
Australia toward Kenya
+20The Australian government has provided development assistance to Kenya, including support through education and scholarship programs, and has pursued bilateral air-services cooperation.
Kenya toward Australia
+15The Kenyan government has participated in bilateral air-services cooperation with Australia, providing a concrete channel for practical government-to-government engagement.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes Australian development assistance and practical bilateral arrangements, including air-services cooperation. These provide a constructive basis for ties, while the breadth and durability of cooperation beyond these areas remain unclear.
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 has provided development assistance to Kenya, including through education and scholarship programs, and the countries have pursued practical bilateral cooperation such as an air services agreement. These measures indicate constructive ties, though the scope and continuity of broader government-to-government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Australia and Kenya pursued a bilateral air services agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond development assistance and air services are unclear.
- The continuity and scale of Australian development assistance to Kenya are uncertain.