Relationship dossier
Namibia
Sweden
Relationship assessment
Swedish support for Namibia’s independence and long-running development cooperation
Namibia toward Sweden
Not assessedSweden toward Namibia
+50Sweden supported SWAPO during Namibia’s independence struggle, including through political and humanitarian assistance, and later provided substantial development cooperation to Namibia.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow 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
Sweden provided political and humanitarian support to SWAPO during Namibia’s independence struggle and maintained substantial development cooperation with Namibia after independence. Namibia’s government conduct toward Sweden is not sufficiently clear to support a separate assessment.
Key developments
Sweden provided political and humanitarian support to SWAPO during Namibia’s independence struggle.
Sweden maintained development cooperation with Namibia after independence; the bilateral aid programme was phased out in the following years.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of current bilateral cooperation are unclear.
- Details of Namibia’s government actions toward Sweden are limited.