Relationship dossier
Nigeria
Spain
Relationship assessment
Nigeria and Spain have a cooperative relationship that includes an agreement on crime-fighting cooperation.
Nigeria toward Spain
+20Nigeria signed a bilateral agreement with Spain in 2009 on cooperation against crime, providing a basis for law-enforcement cooperation.
Spain toward Nigeria
+20Spain signed a bilateral agreement with Nigeria in 2009 on cooperation against crime, providing a basis for law-enforcement cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes a concrete bilateral framework for cooperation against crime. The scale and durability of cooperation beyond this agreement are 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
Nigeria and Spain have a cooperative bilateral relationship that includes an agreement on cooperation against crime, signed in 2009. The agreement provides a concrete basis for government cooperation, although the breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Nigeria and Spain signed an agreement on cooperation against crime.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the 2009 crime-cooperation agreement are unclear.
- Details of other sustained bilateral government cooperation are limited.