Relationship dossier
Guernsey
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Guernsey and Switzerland have cooperated on tax information exchange, within Guernsey’s limited external-affairs authority.
Guernsey toward Switzerland
+25Guernsey has participated in tax information exchange arrangements with Switzerland, including automatic exchange of financial account information. Guernsey’s external affairs remain constitutionally limited, with the United Kingdom responsible for its international relations.
Switzerland toward Guernsey
+25Switzerland has cooperated with Guernsey through tax information exchange arrangements, including automatic exchange of financial account information.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship is characterized by practical cooperation on tax transparency rather than a broad independent foreign-policy partnership. Guernsey’s constitutional status limits its role in international relations, while tax arrangements provide a concrete basis for bilateral cooperation.
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
Guernsey is a Crown Dependency and does not conduct an independent foreign policy, though it has authority to arrange certain matters such as taxation. Guernsey and Switzerland have cooperated on tax information exchange, including arrangements for automatic exchange of financial account information. This provides a basis for a positive but bounded assessment; the wider scope of government cooperation is less clear.
Key developments
Guernsey and Switzerland implemented automatic exchange of financial account information under international tax-transparency arrangements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and practical implementation of Guernsey–Switzerland tax cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of other direct government cooperation between Guernsey and Switzerland is unclear.