Relationship dossier
Kuwait
Zimbabwe
Relationship assessment
Kuwaiti development financing provides a basis for cooperation with Zimbabwe
Kuwait toward Zimbabwe
+15Kuwait has supported development financing in Zimbabwe through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.
Zimbabwe toward Kuwait
+10Zimbabwe has received development financing through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, providing a concrete channel of bilateral cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15Development financing through the Kuwait Fund is a concrete feature of Kuwait–Zimbabwe relations. The breadth and continuity of this cooperation, and the extent of other bilateral government ties, 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’s development-finance relationship with Zimbabwe includes financing through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. This provides a concrete basis for assessing bilateral cooperation, although the scope of the financing and the wider relationship are not clear.
Key developments
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development provided development financing for projects in Zimbabwe.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of Kuwait Fund financing in Zimbabwe are unclear.
- Details of other bilateral government cooperation are limited.