Relationship dossier
Kuwait
Tanzania
Relationship assessment
Kuwait-Tanzania ties include development-finance cooperation through the Kuwait Fund.
Kuwait toward Tanzania
+25Kuwait has provided development financing for Tanzanian projects through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, a Kuwaiti state institution.
Tanzania toward Kuwait
+15The Tanzanian government has participated in projects supported by Kuwait Fund financing, providing a concrete channel for bilateral development cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20Development financing through the Kuwait Fund gives the relationship a practical cooperative foundation. The known cooperation is chiefly project-based, and its broader institutional scope is 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’s development-finance relationship with Tanzania includes loans and project support through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Tanzanian government participation in these funded projects reflects practical bilateral cooperation. The known relationship is cooperative, although its wider scope and the details of other government-to-government arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development provided financing for development projects in Tanzania.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements beyond development finance are unclear.
- Details of Tanzanian government cooperation with Kuwait outside Kuwait Fund projects are limited.