Relationship dossier
Iceland
Portugal
Relationship assessment
Iceland and Portugal maintain a modest cooperative relationship, including a bilateral income-tax treaty.
Iceland toward Portugal
+15Iceland has entered into a bilateral income-tax treaty with Portugal, establishing a concrete framework for cooperation between the governments.
Portugal toward Iceland
+15Portugal has entered into a bilateral income-tax treaty with Iceland, establishing a concrete framework for cooperation between the governments.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes a tax treaty and operates within the broader context of both countries' NATO membership. The treaty is a concrete cooperative arrangement, but the extent of additional bilateral initiatives is 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
Iceland and Portugal have a bilateral income-tax treaty, providing a concrete framework for government cooperation. Both are also members of NATO, although that shared alliance membership does not by itself establish the extent of bilateral cooperation. The available bilateral facts support a modestly cooperative assessment, with limited detail on the breadth or implementation of other joint initiatives.
Key developments
Iceland and Portugal concluded a bilateral income-tax treaty.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and practical implementation of the bilateral tax treaty are unclear.
- Details of other Icelandic-Portuguese government cooperation are limited.