Relationship dossier
Ghana
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Relationship assessment
Ghana and the Netherlands maintain cooperative ties focused on development, trade and sectoral partnerships.
Ghana toward Kingdom of the Netherlands
+35Ghana has engaged the Netherlands in bilateral development and commercial cooperation, including partnerships focused on water management, agriculture and cocoa. The extent of Ghanaian government contributions and the implementation of these initiatives are unclear.
Kingdom of the Netherlands toward Ghana
+35The Netherlands has pursued development and commercial cooperation with Ghana, including engagement on water management, agriculture and cocoa, and has supported a partnership increasingly oriented toward trade and investment. The scale and continuity of these efforts are unclear.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines development cooperation with commercial and sectoral partnerships, including work on water, agriculture and cocoa. This provides a substantive basis for cooperation, although the breadth and implementation of the initiatives are uncertain.
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
Ghana and the Netherlands have a cooperative relationship that includes development and commercial engagement, particularly in areas such as water management, agriculture and cocoa. Dutch-Ghanaian cooperation has also been framed around a shift toward trade and investment alongside development partnership. The scope and implementation of these initiatives are not fully clear.
Key developments
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima made an official visit to Ghana, highlighting high-level bilateral engagement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation initiatives are unclear.
- The current scale of Dutch development and commercial engagement in Ghana is uncertain.