Relationship dossier
Indonesia
Pakistan
Relationship assessment
Indonesia and Pakistan maintain practical cooperation in trade and defense.
Indonesia toward Pakistan
+30Indonesia entered into a preferential trade agreement with Pakistan and has pursued bilateral defense cooperation, providing concrete channels for economic and security engagement.
Pakistan toward Indonesia
+30Pakistan entered into a preferential trade agreement with Indonesia and has pursued bilateral defense cooperation, providing concrete channels for economic and security engagement.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes durable economic and defense cooperation arrangements, supporting a broadly positive assessment. The extent of their implementation and the relationship's broader scope remain 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
Indonesia and Pakistan have pursued practical economic and defense cooperation, including a bilateral preferential trade agreement and a defense cooperation arrangement. These provide a basis for a positive assessment, though the breadth and implementation of cooperation across other areas are unclear.
Key developments
Indonesia and Pakistan signed a bilateral defense cooperation arrangement.
Indonesia and Pakistan signed a preferential trade agreement, which took effect in 2013.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of tariff preferences under the bilateral trade agreement are unclear.
- The scope and practical outcomes of bilateral defense cooperation are unclear.