Relationship dossier
Croatia
Malta
Relationship assessment
Croatia and Malta maintain cooperative ties, including a bilateral tax agreement.
Croatia toward Malta
+10Croatia concluded a bilateral agreement with Malta to avoid double taxation, providing a concrete framework for tax cooperation.
Malta toward Croatia
+10Malta concluded a bilateral agreement with Croatia to avoid double taxation, providing a concrete framework for tax cooperation.
Overall relationship
+10The bilateral tax agreement provides a durable basis for practical cooperation. European Union membership is part of the broader context, but the extent of additional direct cooperation is 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
Croatia and Malta have a cooperative bilateral relationship, including a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation. Both are members of the European Union, but shared membership alone does not establish the depth of bilateral cooperation. The scope and implementation of other bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Croatia and Malta concluded an agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the tax agreement are unclear.