Relationship dossier
Costa Rica
Italy
Relationship assessment
Costa Rica–Italy relations include cultural cooperation, with the breadth of bilateral engagement unclear.
Costa Rica toward Italy
+15Costa Rica participates in a bilateral cultural cooperation arrangement with Italy; the extent of Costa Rican government activity under the arrangement is unclear.
Italy toward Costa Rica
+15Italy participates in a bilateral cultural cooperation arrangement with Costa Rica; the extent of Italian government activity under the arrangement is unclear.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a cooperative cultural framework, but its scope and implementation are unclear, as is the extent of cooperation in other areas. This supports a modest positive characterization rather than a close 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
Costa Rica and Italy maintain cooperative bilateral relations, including a cultural cooperation arrangement. The known cooperation supports a modestly positive assessment, though its scope and implementation are unclear.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cultural cooperation are unclear.
- Details of current government-to-government cooperation in other areas are limited.