Relationship dossier
Cape Verde
Spain
Relationship assessment
Cooperative ties, including development assistance and security collaboration
Cape Verde toward Spain
+40Cape Verde has participated in bilateral cooperation with Spain on security and migration, including arrangements addressing organized crime and migration management. The scale and continuity of Cape Verde's contributions are unclear.
Spain toward Cape Verde
+40Spain has provided development cooperation to Cape Verde and engaged in bilateral security collaboration, including arrangements addressing organized crime and maritime security. The current scope and implementation of these activities are uncertain.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is characterized by sustained cooperation in development and practical security matters, including migration and maritime issues. These concrete areas of engagement support a positive assessment, though the scale and continuity of cooperation are not fully clear.
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 Spain maintain a cooperative relationship with notable development and security collaboration. Bilateral cooperation has included Spanish development assistance and arrangements for cooperation against organized crime, alongside work on migration and maritime security. The breadth and implementation of these efforts are not fully clear.
Key developments
Spain and Cape Verde established a bilateral framework for cooperation against organized crime.
Spain and Cape Verde participated in a European Union mobility partnership involving migration cooperation.
Spain provided development cooperation to Cape Verde.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral security and migration cooperation are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of Spanish development assistance to Cape Verde are uncertain.