Relationship dossier
Mexico
South Africa
Relationship assessment
Mexico and South Africa maintain a strategic partnership with cooperation across several fields.
Mexico toward South Africa
+30Mexico formalized a strategic partnership with South Africa in 2010 and has pursued bilateral cooperation in fields including trade, science and technology, education, and agriculture.
South Africa toward Mexico
+30South Africa formalized a strategic partnership with Mexico in 2010 and has pursued bilateral cooperation in fields including trade, science and technology, education, and agriculture.
Overall relationship
+30The 2010 strategic partnership provides a durable framework for cooperation across several policy areas. Bilateral engagement and shared work in multilateral settings characterize the relationship, while the scope and practical results of individual initiatives remain 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
Mexico and South Africa have developed a cooperative relationship, formalized through a strategic partnership in 2010. Their governments have pursued bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, science and technology, education, agriculture, and multilateral affairs. The partnership reflects practical engagement, though the scope and implementation of specific initiatives are not clear.
Key developments
Mexico and South Africa established a strategic partnership, setting a framework for cooperation across areas including trade, science and technology, education, and agriculture.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The scale of recent government-to-government initiatives is uncertain.