Relationship dossier
Malta
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Malta–Switzerland ties include practical cooperation on taxation and financial information exchange.
Malta toward Switzerland
+25Malta has engaged with Switzerland through bilateral arrangements to avoid double taxation and exchange financial-account information.
Switzerland toward Malta
+25Switzerland has engaged with Malta through bilateral arrangements to avoid double taxation and exchange financial-account information.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes practical, reciprocal cooperation on tax matters and financial-account information exchange. These arrangements support a cooperative bilateral structure, while the scope of cooperation in other areas is 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
Malta and Switzerland have cooperated through bilateral tax arrangements, including an agreement to avoid double taxation and cooperation on financial-account information exchange. These arrangements provide concrete grounds for a positive assessment, though the breadth of cooperation beyond tax matters is less clear.
Key developments
Malta and Switzerland concluded a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
Malta and Switzerland established arrangements for the exchange of financial-account information.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation beyond tax and financial-information arrangements are unclear.