Relationship dossier
Barbados
Portugal
Relationship assessment
Barbados and Portugal have a modest cooperative relationship, including an agreement on double taxation.
Barbados toward Portugal
+15Barbados entered into an agreement with Portugal to avoid double taxation, providing a concrete basis for bilateral tax cooperation.
Portugal toward Barbados
+15Portugal entered into an agreement with Barbados to avoid double taxation, providing a concrete basis for bilateral tax cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral tax agreement is a durable institutional basis for practical cooperation. The broader scope and intensity of government-to-government engagement are 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
Barbados and Portugal have engaged in bilateral tax cooperation through an agreement to avoid double taxation. This provides a concrete basis for a modestly cooperative assessment, although the breadth of other government-to-government cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Barbados and Portugal signed an agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and practical implementation of the bilateral tax agreement are unclear.
- Details of cooperation in other policy areas are limited.