Relationship dossier
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Relationship assessment
Cordial ties with cooperation in tourism, culture and education, alongside Sri Lankan earthquake relief for Nepal
Nepal toward Sri Lanka
+15Nepal has participated in bilateral cooperation arrangements with Sri Lanka in areas including tourism, culture and education. The scope and practical outcomes of Nepalese government initiatives directed toward Sri Lanka are unclear.
Sri Lanka toward Nepal
+25Sri Lanka provided humanitarian assistance to Nepal after the 2015 earthquake and has participated in bilateral cooperation arrangements in areas including tourism, culture and education.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship features practical cooperation through bilateral arrangements and Sri Lankan humanitarian assistance after Nepal's 2015 earthquake. These are positive but do not indicate an unusually deep or extensive partnership; the scope and implementation of cooperation 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
Nepal and Sri Lanka have pursued practical cooperation, including bilateral arrangements in areas such as tourism, culture and education. Sri Lanka also provided humanitarian assistance to Nepal after the 2015 earthquake. The known cooperation is cordial but limited in scope; details of implementation and the breadth of other government-to-government activity are unclear.
Key developments
Sri Lanka provided humanitarian assistance to Nepal following the earthquake.
Nepal and Sri Lanka pursued bilateral cooperation arrangements in areas including tourism, culture and education.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- Details of Nepalese government initiatives directed toward Sri Lanka are limited.