Relationship dossier
Hungary
South Sudan
Relationship assessment
Educational cooperation, including scholarships for South Sudanese students, is a key feature of Hungary–South Sudan relations.
Hungary toward South Sudan
+20Hungary has offered scholarships to South Sudanese students through the Stipendium Hungaricum programme and pursued higher-education cooperation with South Sudan.
South Sudan toward Hungary
+15South Sudan has participated in higher-education cooperation with Hungary, including arrangements connected with scholarships for South Sudanese students.
Overall relationship
+15Educational cooperation provides a concrete, though comparatively narrow, basis for the bilateral relationship. The scholarship programme and higher-education arrangements are cooperative features; the scope and durability of broader government cooperation are unclear.
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
Hungary has offered South Sudanese students scholarships through the Stipendium Hungaricum programme, providing a concrete channel for educational cooperation. The two governments have also pursued higher-education cooperation. The relationship appears to have a modest cooperative component, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Hungary and South Sudan pursued higher-education cooperation that included scholarships for South Sudanese students under the Stipendium Hungaricum programme.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral higher-education cooperation are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of scholarship cooperation are uncertain.