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Relationship dossier

Kuwait South Africa

Relationship assessment

Kuwait and South Africa maintain cooperative ties, including development financing and government-to-government engagement.

Kuwait toward South Africa

+35

Kuwait has provided development financing for projects in South Africa through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, a concrete element of its economic cooperation with the country.

South Africa toward Kuwait

+30

South Africa has pursued government-to-government cooperation with Kuwait through bilateral engagement and official cooperation mechanisms.

Overall relationship

+30

The relationship is shaped by post-apartheid diplomatic engagement and practical economic cooperation, including Kuwaiti development financing for South African projects. The breadth and continuity of these activities are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.

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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Since the end of apartheid, Kuwait and South Africa have developed practical economic and diplomatic cooperation. Kuwait has provided development financing for projects in South Africa through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, while the two governments have pursued bilateral cooperation through official mechanisms. The relationship is cooperative, although the scope and implementation of cooperation across sectors are not clear.

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