Relationship dossier
Equatorial Guinea
India
Relationship assessment
High-level engagement and agreements support practical cooperation in health, agriculture, and development.
Equatorial Guinea toward India
+30Equatorial Guinea engaged in high-level exchanges with India, including President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo's visit to India in 2015, and entered into bilateral cooperation arrangements in areas including health and agriculture.
India toward Equatorial Guinea
+35India hosted Equatorial Guinea's president in 2015 and pursued bilateral cooperation through agreements and development and capacity-building initiatives. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind's 2018 visit to Equatorial Guinea further advanced engagement, including cooperation in health and traditional medicine.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a constructive institutional foundation, with presidential-level exchanges and practical cooperation agreements in health, agriculture, traditional medicine, and development. The initiatives support a positive assessment, while their breadth and sustained implementation remain 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
Equatorial Guinea and India have pursued practical cooperation through high-level visits and agreements spanning health, traditional medicine, agriculture, and related fields. India has also supported capacity-building and development cooperation. These initiatives indicate a constructive relationship, though its scope and implementation are not fully clear.
Key developments
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo visited India for high-level bilateral engagement.
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind visited Equatorial Guinea, with bilateral cooperation agreements covering areas including health and traditional medicine.
Major uncertainties
- The extent and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of Indian development and capacity-building assistance to Equatorial Guinea are uncertain.