Relationship dossier
Maldives
Thailand
Relationship assessment
Maldives and Thailand maintain practical cooperation, including in tourism and technical assistance.
Maldives toward Thailand
+20The Maldivian government has pursued bilateral tourism cooperation with Thailand, including through government-level arrangements. The extent of implementation is unclear.
Thailand toward Maldives
+20Thailand has provided training and scholarship opportunities to Maldivian participants through its technical cooperation programs.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is characterized by practical cooperation, particularly in tourism and technical assistance. The known cooperation supports a positive assessment, though its scale and durability are not well established.
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
Maldives–Thailand relations include government-level cooperation in tourism and technical assistance. Thailand has provided training and scholarship opportunities to Maldivian participants, while the two governments have pursued tourism cooperation. The scale and continuity of these programs are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
The governments pursued bilateral cooperation in tourism.
Thailand provided technical training and scholarship opportunities for Maldivian participants.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral tourism cooperation are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of Thai training and scholarship support for Maldivians are unclear.