Relationship dossier
Canada
Tanzania
Relationship assessment
Development assistance and an investment protection agreement underpin moderate Canada–Tanzania cooperation.
Canada toward Tanzania
+30The Canadian government has provided development assistance to Tanzania and concluded a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement with the Tanzanian government.
Tanzania toward Canada
+25The Tanzanian government concluded a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement with Canada, providing a concrete framework for bilateral investment relations.
Overall relationship
+30Development assistance and the bilateral investment protection framework provide a practical basis for cooperation. The known initiatives are meaningful but do not, on their own, indicate a close or especially broad 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
Canada has provided development assistance to Tanzania, and the two governments concluded a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement. These measures indicate practical cooperation, though the known bilateral initiatives support a moderate rather than close partnership assessment.
Key developments
Canada and Tanzania concluded a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral investment protections are unclear.
- Details of recent Tanzanian government cooperation with Canada are limited.