Relationship dossier
Botswana
Norway
Relationship assessment
Trade cooperation under the SACU–EFTA free trade agreement
Botswana toward Norway
+20Botswana participates through the Southern African Customs Union in the free trade agreement with EFTA, which includes Norway, creating a framework for trade with Norway.
Norway toward Botswana
+20Norway participates through EFTA in the free trade agreement with the Southern African Customs Union, which includes Botswana, creating a framework for trade with Botswana.
Overall relationship
+20The SACU–EFTA free trade agreement is a durable institutional basis for trade cooperation between Botswana and Norway. The extent of additional bilateral cooperation or significant disagreements is 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
Botswana and Norway participate in the SACU–EFTA free trade agreement, which provides a concrete framework for trade between them. The agreement supports a modest cooperative assessment, although the breadth of other bilateral government cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
The Southern African Customs Union and EFTA signed a free trade agreement, establishing a trade framework that includes Botswana and Norway.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of cooperation beyond the SACU–EFTA trade framework is unclear.
- The agreement's practical bilateral implementation and effects are unclear.