Relationship dossier
Norway
Pakistan
Relationship assessment
Constructive ties include Norwegian development assistance and bilateral investment and tax agreements.
Norway toward Pakistan
+25Norway has provided development and humanitarian assistance in Pakistan, including support for education and other development priorities. Norway also concluded bilateral agreements with Pakistan on investment protection and taxation.
Pakistan toward Norway
+20Pakistan concluded bilateral agreements with Norway on investment protection and taxation, providing concrete frameworks for economic cooperation. The scale of other Pakistani government cooperation with Norway is unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes sustained Norwegian development assistance and bilateral frameworks for investment protection and taxation. These features give the ties a cooperative foundation, while the scale and practical reach of these arrangements 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
Norway has provided development and humanitarian assistance in Pakistan, including support for education and other development priorities. The countries have also concluded bilateral agreements on investment protection and taxation. These concrete areas of cooperation support a generally constructive relationship, though its current scope and implementation are not fully clear.
Key developments
Norway and Pakistan concluded a bilateral agreement on investment protection.
Norway and Pakistan concluded a bilateral agreement on taxation.
Norway provided development and humanitarian assistance in Pakistan, including support for education and other development priorities.
Major uncertainties
- The current scale and priorities of Norwegian development assistance in Pakistan are unclear.
- The implementation and present scope of bilateral investment and tax arrangements are unclear.