Relationship dossier
Denmark
Ghana
Relationship assessment
A sustained development partnership, with the scope of current cooperation uncertain
Denmark toward Ghana
+35Denmark has provided development assistance to Ghana and supported bilateral cooperation with Ghanaian public institutions in areas including energy, water and agriculture.
Ghana toward Denmark
+30Ghanaian public institutions have participated in bilateral sector-cooperation arrangements with Danish institutions, including cooperation in energy, water and agriculture.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a durable cooperative foundation in Danish development assistance and government-to-government sector partnerships. These arrangements support a positive overall characterization, while the limited detail on their current scope and on other bilateral activity counsels against describing the partnership as exceptionally close.
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
Denmark and Ghana have maintained a development partnership involving Danish assistance and cooperation with Ghanaian public institutions, including sector-focused collaboration. The relationship is substantially cooperative, though the scope and continuity of particular programs are not clear enough to characterize it as a close, comprehensive partnership.
Key developments
Denmark and Ghana developed government-to-government sector cooperation involving Danish and Ghanaian institutions in areas including energy, water and agriculture.
Denmark maintained a bilateral development-assistance partnership with Ghana.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral development and sector-cooperation programs are unclear.
- The extent of cooperation beyond development assistance and sector partnerships is uncertain.