Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
Senegal
Relationship assessment
A cooperative relationship supported by shared economic and monetary integration
Ivory Coast toward Senegal
+25The Ivorian government participates with Senegal in WAEMU's shared economic and monetary framework, which provides for coordination among member governments.
Senegal toward Ivory Coast
+25The Senegalese government participates with Ivory Coast in WAEMU's shared economic and monetary framework, which provides for coordination among member governments.
Overall relationship
+30WAEMU provides an enduring institutional basis for economic and monetary coordination between the two governments. The relationship is cooperative in this regional framework, while the extent of additional bilateral cooperation and its implementation 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
Ivory Coast and Senegal have a cooperative relationship shaped in part by their participation in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), a shared framework for economic and monetary integration. This provides a durable basis for policy coordination, although the scope and implementation of specifically bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-to-government policy coordination is uncertain.