Relationship dossier
Malaysia
Sweden
Relationship assessment
Cooperative ties supported by a bilateral tax treaty
Malaysia toward Sweden
+15Malaysia has a bilateral tax treaty with Sweden that provides a framework for taxation matters and economic engagement.
Sweden toward Malaysia
+15Sweden has a bilateral tax treaty with Malaysia that provides a framework for taxation matters and economic engagement.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes a formal economic framework through a tax treaty. The known relationship is cooperative, but its wider institutional scope and the depth of sustained government collaboration 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
Malaysia and Sweden maintain cooperative bilateral relations, with a formal tax treaty providing a concrete framework for economic engagement. The relationship is not known for major bilateral confrontation, though the scope and intensity of government cooperation beyond economic arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Malaysia and Sweden signed a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of government cooperation beyond economic and tax arrangements is unclear.
- The implementation and current scope of bilateral cooperation are uncertain.