Relationship dossier
Ethiopia
Ghana
Relationship assessment
Modest bilateral cooperation, including a diplomatic and service passport visa waiver agreement
Ethiopia toward Ghana
+15Ethiopia joined Ghana in a 2018 agreement waiving visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports, facilitating official exchanges.
Ghana toward Ethiopia
+15Ghana joined Ethiopia in a 2018 agreement waiving visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports, facilitating official exchanges.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship combines longstanding engagement through African institutions with a concrete bilateral measure facilitating official travel. The known cooperation supports a modestly positive characterization, while its broader scope and 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
Ethiopia and Ghana have pursued modest bilateral cooperation, including a 2018 agreement waiving visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports. Their relationship also reflects longstanding engagement through African institutions. The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond these areas are unclear.
Key developments
Ethiopia and Ghana agreed to waive visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements beyond the diplomatic and service passport visa waiver are unclear.
- The extent of current government-to-government cooperation in trade, investment and other sectors is uncertain.