Relationship dossier
Botswana
Canada
Relationship assessment
Botswana and Canada maintain a modest cooperative relationship, including a bilateral investment agreement.
Botswana toward Canada
+15Botswana joined Canada in concluding a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement, establishing a framework for investment relations.
Canada toward Botswana
+15Canada joined Botswana in concluding a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement, establishing a framework for investment relations.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral investment agreement is a concrete foundation for cooperation, but the breadth and practical impact of government-to-government ties are unclear. The relationship is therefore best characterized as modestly cooperative.
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
Botswana and Canada have a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement, providing a concrete framework for investment ties. This supports a modestly cooperative assessment, though the scope of broader government cooperation and implementation of the agreement are unclear.
Key developments
Botswana and Canada concluded a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The agreement's practical implementation and effects are unclear.
- Details of broader bilateral government cooperation are limited.