Relationship dossier
El Salvador
Spain
Relationship assessment
Cooperative ties include Spanish development assistance and bilateral cooperation
El Salvador toward Spain
+15El Salvador has cooperated with Spain through bilateral development-cooperation programs, including engagement with Spain’s development-cooperation institutions. The scale and recent scope of Salvadoran government participation are unclear.
Spain toward El Salvador
+30Spain has provided sustained development assistance in El Salvador through its bilateral cooperation programs, supporting projects in the country. The precise scope and recent implementation of this assistance are unclear.
Overall relationship
+25Bilateral development cooperation is a durable feature of relations, with Spain providing assistance in El Salvador and Salvadoran authorities engaging in bilateral programs. These concrete cooperative ties support a broadly positive relationship; the extent and recent implementation 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
El Salvador and Spain maintain a cooperative bilateral relationship, including Salvadoran participation in Spanish development-cooperation programs and Spain’s sustained development assistance in El Salvador. The relationship also has cultural ties, but the scope and recent implementation of bilateral cooperation are not fully clear.
Key developments
Spain maintained bilateral development-cooperation programs in El Salvador.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and recent implementation of bilateral development-cooperation programs are unclear.
- Details of current Salvadoran government cooperation with Spain are limited.