Relationship dossier
Ethiopia
Japan
Relationship assessment
A development-focused partnership supported by Japanese assistance and a bilateral investment agreement.
Ethiopia toward Japan
+35Ethiopia entered a bilateral investment agreement with Japan to promote and protect investment, providing a concrete framework for economic cooperation.
Japan toward Ethiopia
+40Japan has provided development assistance to Ethiopia and concluded a bilateral investment agreement intended to promote and protect investment.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a sustained development and economic-cooperation structure, reflected in Japanese assistance to Ethiopia and the bilateral investment agreement. The extent of cooperation beyond these areas is less 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
Ethiopia and Japan have maintained a development-focused relationship, including Japanese development assistance to Ethiopia and a bilateral investment agreement intended to promote and protect investment. These arrangements indicate substantive cooperation, though the breadth and implementation of cooperation across other policy areas are less clear.
Key developments
Ethiopia and Japan signed a bilateral investment agreement to promote and protect investment.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral investment agreement are unclear.
- The extent of current development and investment cooperation is uncertain.