Relationship dossier
Kuwait
Nepal
Relationship assessment
Labor cooperation links Kuwait and Nepal, alongside concerns over migrant-worker protections.
Kuwait toward Nepal
+10Kuwait has participated in a bilateral labor agreement concerning the employment of Nepali workers in Kuwait. The scope of additional government cooperation and implementation of worker protections are unclear.
Nepal toward Kuwait
+10Nepal has participated in a bilateral labor agreement concerning the employment of Nepali workers in Kuwait. The extent of Nepal's government efforts with Kuwait to address worker protections is unclear.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship has a practical labor-migration basis through a bilateral agreement, while concerns about migrant-worker conditions complicate cooperation. The scope and implementation of this arrangement 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
Kuwait and Nepal have cooperated through a bilateral labor agreement concerning the employment of Nepali workers in Kuwait. The relationship also involves concerns over the conditions and protection of migrant workers. The breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Areas of tension
- Concerns over the conditions and protection of Nepali migrant workers in Kuwait.
Key developments
Kuwait and Nepal concluded a bilateral labor agreement concerning the employment of Nepali workers in Kuwait.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral labor agreement are unclear.
- Details of government cooperation beyond labor migration are limited.
- The extent of bilateral efforts to address migrant-worker protections is unclear.