Relationship dossier
India
Namibia
Relationship assessment
India and Namibia maintain cooperative ties spanning development, defence, nuclear and wildlife cooperation.
India toward Namibia
+40India supported Namibia’s independence and has provided development assistance and training. The governments have pursued defence cooperation and signed an agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation; India also received cheetahs from Namibia under a wildlife-conservation arrangement.
Namibia toward India
+35Namibia has cooperated with India on development and defence matters and entered into a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement. In 2022, Namibia transferred cheetahs to India under a wildlife-conservation arrangement.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship combines India’s support for Namibia’s independence with ongoing development and training ties and cooperation in defence, nuclear matters and wildlife conservation. These practical areas of engagement underpin a broadly cooperative bilateral relationship.
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
India supported Namibia’s independence and has maintained a cooperative relationship with its government, including development assistance, training and defence cooperation. The two countries have also pursued nuclear cooperation and collaborated on wildlife conservation, including Namibia’s transfer of cheetahs to India. These initiatives reflect sustained engagement, though the scope and implementation of some cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
India and Namibia established diplomatic relations following Namibia’s independence.
The two governments concluded an agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Namibia and India agreed on wildlife-conservation cooperation that included the transfer of cheetahs to India.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of development, training and defence cooperation are unclear.
- The status and practical scope of bilateral nuclear cooperation are unclear.