Relationship dossier
Lithuania
South Africa
Relationship assessment
A practical bilateral tax agreement underpins limited Lithuania–South Africa cooperation
Lithuania toward South Africa
+10The Lithuanian government concluded a bilateral agreement with South Africa to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion, establishing a framework for tax cooperation.
South Africa toward Lithuania
+10The South African government concluded a bilateral agreement with Lithuania to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion, establishing a framework for tax cooperation.
Overall relationship
+10The bilateral relationship includes a concrete tax-cooperation framework, but the extent of wider cooperation and its practical effects 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
Lithuania and South Africa have a limited but concrete framework for bilateral cooperation: their governments concluded an agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion. The agreement reflects practical economic coordination, but the scope and intensity of broader government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Lithuania and South Africa concluded an agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral tax agreement are unclear.
- Details of broader government cooperation between Lithuania and South Africa are limited.