Relationship dossier
Belgium
Ghana
Relationship assessment
Belgium and Ghana have a cooperative relationship with a framework for investment protection.
Belgium toward Ghana
+15Belgium, acting with Luxembourg through the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, concluded an agreement with Ghana to promote and protect investment.
Ghana toward Belgium
+15Ghana concluded an investment-promotion and protection agreement with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, providing a framework relevant to Belgian investment in Ghana.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a reciprocal investment-protection framework, indicating practical economic cooperation. The extent of cooperation beyond this arrangement and its current implementation 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
Belgium and Ghana maintain cooperative bilateral relations, including a reciprocal investment-promotion and protection agreement concluded through the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union and Ghana. The agreement provides a concrete framework for economic ties, though the breadth and current implementation of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
The Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union and Ghana concluded an agreement on the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of the investment-protection agreement are unclear.
- Details of other direct Belgian-Ghanaian government cooperation are limited.