Relationship dossier
Ghana
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Cooperation through migration, development and economic arrangements
Ghana toward Switzerland
+25Ghana has engaged with Switzerland through the bilateral migration partnership established in 2017 and bilateral economic arrangements, including investment protection and tax cooperation.
Switzerland toward Ghana
+35Switzerland has pursued development cooperation in Ghana and engaged with the Ghanaian government through a bilateral migration partnership established in 2017.
Overall relationship
+30The bilateral relationship includes sustained cooperation in development and migration, alongside arrangements supporting economic ties. These provide a substantive cooperative foundation, although the extent and implementation of the programs are not sufficiently clear to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
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 Switzerland have cooperated through a bilateral migration partnership and Swiss development cooperation in Ghana. Bilateral economic arrangements, including investment protection and tax cooperation, also provide a practical framework for ties. The scale and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
Ghana and Switzerland established a bilateral migration partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral migration partnership are unclear.
- The current scale of Swiss development cooperation in Ghana is uncertain.