Relationship dossier
Lithuania
New Zealand
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation through tax and working-holiday arrangements
Lithuania toward New Zealand
+25Lithuania has cooperated with New Zealand through a bilateral tax treaty and a working-holiday arrangement, providing frameworks for tax coordination and temporary mobility.
New Zealand toward Lithuania
+25New Zealand has cooperated with Lithuania through a bilateral tax treaty and a working-holiday arrangement, providing frameworks for tax coordination and temporary mobility.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes durable practical arrangements for tax coordination and temporary mobility. These support a cooperative bilateral structure, although the extent of broader direct government cooperation 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
Lithuania and New Zealand maintain cooperative relations, including a bilateral tax treaty and a working-holiday arrangement. These provide practical frameworks for tax coordination and mobility, though the breadth of other direct government cooperation is less clear.
Key developments
Lithuania and New Zealand concluded a bilateral tax treaty to address double taxation.
New Zealand established a working-holiday arrangement for Lithuanian nationals.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of direct cooperation beyond tax and mobility arrangements are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of bilateral government engagement are uncertain.