Relationship dossier
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Philippines
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation includes development assistance and bilateral arrangements in agriculture, maritime affairs and water management.
Kingdom of the Netherlands toward Philippines
+25The Dutch government has provided development and humanitarian assistance supporting work in the Philippines and has pursued bilateral cooperation in areas including agriculture, maritime affairs and water management.
Philippines toward Kingdom of the Netherlands
+25The Philippine government has pursued bilateral cooperation with the Netherlands, including arrangements covering agriculture, maritime affairs and water management.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship features practical bilateral cooperation and Dutch assistance in the Philippines. Cooperation spans several policy areas, but its overall scale and implementation are not clear enough to characterize it as a close partnership.
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
The Netherlands and the Philippines have pursued practical cooperation, including bilateral arrangements in areas such as agriculture, maritime affairs and water management. Dutch development and humanitarian assistance has also supported work in the Philippines. These ties indicate moderate cooperation, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral arrangements are not fully clear.
Key developments
The governments pursued bilateral arrangements covering agriculture, maritime affairs and water management.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- Details of the scale and continuity of Dutch development and humanitarian cooperation in the Philippines are limited.