Relationship dossier
Ecuador
New Zealand
Relationship assessment
A modest relationship with reciprocal working holiday opportunities
Ecuador toward New Zealand
+15Ecuador participates in a reciprocal working holiday arrangement that allows young Ecuadorians to visit and work in New Zealand.
New Zealand toward Ecuador
+15New Zealand participates in a reciprocal working holiday arrangement that allows young New Zealanders to visit and work in Ecuador.
Overall relationship
+15The reciprocal working holiday arrangement provides a concrete basis for cooperation, while the wider scope and intensity of bilateral government engagement are 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
Ecuador and New Zealand maintain a modest cooperative relationship, including a reciprocal working holiday arrangement that enables young people from each country to visit and work in the other. The scope of broader government cooperation is less clear.
Key developments
A reciprocal working holiday arrangement was established, allowing young people from Ecuador and New Zealand to visit and work in the other country.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of broader bilateral cooperation are unclear.
- The current scale of participation in the working holiday arrangement is unclear.