Relationship dossier
Germany
Benin
Relationship assessment
Germany and Benin cooperate through bilateral development partnerships, including on governance and sustainable development.
Germany toward Benin
+30Germany has provided bilateral development cooperation with Benin, including support in areas such as governance and sustainable development.
Benin toward Germany
+25The Beninese government has participated in bilateral development cooperation arrangements with Germany and engaged in joint discussions on cooperation priorities.
Overall relationship
+25Bilateral development cooperation is a durable feature of Germany–Benin relations and provides a substantive basis for cooperation. The relationship is constructive, although its breadth beyond development policy 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
Germany and Benin maintain cooperative government relations centered in part on bilateral development cooperation. Germany has supported cooperation with Benin in areas including governance and sustainable development, while the two governments have engaged in bilateral development cooperation arrangements. The relationship appears constructive, though the scope of cooperation and its implementation are not fully clear.
Key developments
The governments have pursued bilateral development cooperation, including discussions and arrangements concerning governance and sustainable development.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral development cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of cooperation outside development policy is unclear.