Relationship dossier
Bangladesh
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation on development, water management and climate adaptation
Bangladesh toward Kingdom of the Netherlands
+35Bangladesh has cooperated with the Netherlands on development planning, including work involving Dutch expertise for Bangladesh’s Delta Plan 2100.
Kingdom of the Netherlands toward Bangladesh
+40The Netherlands has provided expertise and development cooperation supporting Bangladesh’s water management and long-term delta planning, including the Delta Plan 2100.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is characterized by practical development cooperation, notably Dutch involvement in Bangladesh’s long-term delta planning and water management. These sustained policy areas support a cooperative assessment, although the breadth of other bilateral government initiatives is 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
Bangladesh and the Netherlands maintain a cooperative relationship focused in part on development, climate adaptation and water management. Dutch expertise contributed to Bangladesh’s Delta Plan 2100, and the two governments have worked together on related development priorities. The available examples indicate practical cooperation, though its full scope and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Bangladesh adopted the Delta Plan 2100, developed with Dutch expertise and cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond water management and development are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of government-to-government cooperation on climate adaptation are uncertain.