Relationship dossier
Barbados
South Africa
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation has included agreements associated with a 2007 South African presidential visit.
Barbados toward South Africa
+20Barbados joined South Africa in pursuing bilateral cooperation through agreements associated with President Thabo Mbeki’s 2007 visit to Barbados.
South Africa toward Barbados
+20South Africa pursued bilateral cooperation with Barbados through agreements associated with President Thabo Mbeki’s 2007 visit to Barbados.
Overall relationship
+20The bilateral relationship includes concrete cooperation through agreements associated with a high-level presidential visit. Its wider scope and practical implementation remain unclear, so the known cooperative structure appears limited rather than a close, sustained partnership.
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 South Africa have pursued bilateral cooperation, including through agreements associated with South African President Thabo Mbeki’s 2007 visit to Barbados. The relationship also sits within wider Commonwealth and South-South engagement, though the scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
During President Thabo Mbeki’s visit to Barbados, the two governments pursued bilateral cooperation and signed agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.