Relationship dossier
Cape Verde
Portugal
Relationship assessment
Cape Verde and Portugal maintain a close partnership with sustained cooperation across several policy areas.
Cape Verde toward Portugal
+60Cape Verde has pursued cooperation with Portugal through the bilateral Special Partnership, including engagement on development, education, security and mobility. The scope and implementation of particular initiatives are not fully clear.
Portugal toward Cape Verde
+65Portugal has supported Cape Verde through development assistance and bilateral cooperation in areas including education and security. The 2000 Special Partnership provides a durable framework for these ties, although the current scale of individual programs is uncertain.
Overall relationship
+65The relationship has a durable institutional basis in the Special Partnership established in 2000, alongside sustained cooperation across development, education, security and mobility. These features support a substantially cooperative overall assessment.
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
Cape Verde and Portugal maintain a close bilateral partnership shaped by extensive cooperation in development, education, security and mobility. Their Special Partnership, established in 2000, provides a framework for sustained cooperation. Portugal has supported Cape Verde through development assistance and practical cooperation, while Cape Verde has worked with Portugal through the same bilateral framework. Historical ties are significant, but the present relationship is also supported by concrete government cooperation.
Key developments
Cape Verde and Portugal established a Special Partnership to provide a framework for closer bilateral cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of cooperation under the Special Partnership are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of sector-specific assistance and security cooperation are uncertain.