Relationship dossier
Bangladesh
Maldives
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, including agreements across several sectors, alongside migration-related concerns
Bangladesh toward Maldives
+35Bangladesh concluded bilateral agreements with the Maldives during President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s 2021 visit, covering areas including health, fisheries, culture, youth and sports, and diplomatic training.
Maldives toward Bangladesh
+35The Maldivian government concluded bilateral agreements with Bangladesh during President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s 2021 visit, covering areas including health, fisheries, culture, youth and sports, and diplomatic training.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation, reflected in the 2021 agreements across several policy areas. Migration, particularly the presence of Bangladeshi workers in the Maldives, is an important bilateral concern, but the extent of related government coordination is 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
Bangladesh and the Maldives have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements concluded during Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s 2021 visit to Bangladesh. Cooperation has included health, fisheries, culture, youth and sports, and diplomatic training. The large Bangladeshi workforce in the Maldives is also a significant bilateral issue, though the details of government coordination and worker protections are unclear.
Areas of tension
- Recruitment, working conditions, and protections for Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Maldives
Key developments
During President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s visit to Bangladesh, the governments concluded agreements and memoranda covering areas including health, fisheries, culture, youth and sports, and diplomatic training.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the agreements concluded during the 2021 visit are unclear.
- Details of government coordination on Bangladeshi workers’ conditions and recruitment in the Maldives are limited.