Relationship dossier
Malaysia
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Bilateral economic agreements underpin Malaysia–Switzerland relations
Malaysia toward Switzerland
+25Malaysia participates in bilateral economic arrangements with Switzerland, including agreements concerning investment protection and taxation. These provide a concrete framework for economic relations.
Switzerland toward Malaysia
+25Switzerland participates in bilateral economic arrangements with Malaysia, including agreements concerning investment protection and taxation. These provide a concrete framework for economic relations.
Overall relationship
+25Bilateral investment-protection and tax arrangements provide a durable cooperative foundation, particularly for economic relations. The breadth and intensity of cooperation outside these areas are less clear.
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 Switzerland maintain a cooperative relationship supported by bilateral economic agreements, including arrangements on investment protection and taxation. These provide a substantive basis for government-to-government economic relations, although the scope of broader cooperation and the implementation of the agreements are unclear.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral economic agreements are unclear.
- Details of cooperation beyond economic and tax matters are limited.