Relationship dossier
Equatorial Guinea
Saudi Arabia
Relationship assessment
Limited cooperation centered on oil production coordination
Equatorial Guinea toward Saudi Arabia
+15Equatorial Guinea has participated in OPEC+ production coordination with Saudi Arabia, including the 2020 agreement on production adjustments.
Saudi Arabia toward Equatorial Guinea
+15Saudi Arabia has led OPEC+ production coordination in which Equatorial Guinea participated, including the 2020 agreement on production adjustments.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship has a concrete cooperative component in oil production coordination, but the extent of a broader bilateral partnership is unclear. OPEC+ coordination is the principal known area connecting the two governments.
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 Saudi Arabia have a limited area of substantive cooperation in oil policy through OPEC and OPEC+ production coordination. Saudi Arabia has played a leading role in those agreements, while Equatorial Guinea has participated as an OPEC member. The scope of cooperation outside oil policy is unclear.
Key developments
Equatorial Guinea participated in the OPEC+ agreement on oil production adjustments, in which Saudi Arabia played a leading role.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of direct government cooperation outside OPEC and OPEC+ oil policy is unclear.
- The implementation and bilateral effects of production coordination are not clear.