Relationship dossier
Eswatini
Zimbabwe
Relationship assessment
Eswatini and Zimbabwe have advanced cooperation through a broad set of bilateral agreements.
Eswatini toward Zimbabwe
+30Eswatini hosted Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a state visit in 2022, during which the governments signed multiple memoranda on areas including agriculture, trade, tourism, education, health and information and communications technology.
Zimbabwe toward Eswatini
+30Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a state visit to Eswatini in 2022, and Zimbabwe signed multiple bilateral memoranda with Eswatini covering areas including agriculture, trade, tourism, education, health and information and communications technology.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation, reflected in the 2022 state visit and agreements across several policy sectors. The extent of implementation and whether this cooperation has developed into sustained joint activity 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
Eswatini and Zimbabwe have pursued practical bilateral cooperation. During Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 2022 state visit to Eswatini, the governments signed multiple memoranda covering areas including agriculture, trade, tourism, education, health and information and communications technology. The agreements indicate a cooperative agenda, though their implementation and the breadth of sustained cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
During Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state visit to Eswatini, the governments signed multiple memoranda covering agriculture, trade, tourism, education, health and information and communications technology.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which the 2022 memoranda have been implemented is unclear.
- The scale of ongoing government cooperation beyond the 2022 agreements is unclear.