Relationship dossier
Bolivia
Colombia
Relationship assessment
Bolivia and Colombia pursue cooperation through high-level meetings and bilateral agreements.
Bolivia toward Colombia
+25The Bolivian government participated in a 2023 binational cabinet with Colombia and agreed to cooperation initiatives covering areas including energy, security and environmental issues.
Colombia toward Bolivia
+25The Colombian government participated in a 2023 binational cabinet with Bolivia and agreed to cooperation initiatives covering areas including energy, security and environmental issues.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes concrete high-level engagement and agreements across several policy areas, notably through the 2023 binational cabinet. The breadth and implementation of those initiatives are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as 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
Bolivia and Colombia have pursued bilateral cooperation through high-level government engagement, including a binational cabinet in 2023 that produced agreements on areas such as energy, security and environmental cooperation. These initiatives support a moderately cooperative assessment, though their implementation and the breadth of sustained cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Bolivia and Colombia held a binational cabinet and agreed to cooperation initiatives in areas including energy, security and environmental issues.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements reached through the 2023 binational cabinet are unclear.
- The extent of sustained cooperation beyond high-level meetings and agreed initiatives is uncertain.