Relationship dossier
Brazil
New Zealand
Relationship assessment
Brazil and New Zealand maintain modest practical cooperation, including a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement.
Brazil toward New Zealand
+20Brazil participates in a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement with New Zealand, enabling eligible New Zealanders to travel and work in Brazil.
New Zealand toward Brazil
+20New Zealand participates in a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement with Brazil, enabling eligible Brazilians to travel and work in New Zealand.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes a concrete reciprocal mobility arrangement, but the broader scope and depth of bilateral government cooperation 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
Brazil and New Zealand have maintained modest practical cooperation, including a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement that enables young people from each country to travel and work in the other. The known bilateral cooperation supports a positive assessment, though its wider scope and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Brazil and New Zealand established a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement for eligible young people.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of other bilateral agreements and government cooperation is unclear.
- The scale and implementation of the working-holiday arrangement are uncertain.