Relationship dossier
Papua New Guinea
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
A modest bilateral relationship anchored by an investment protection agreement
Papua New Guinea toward Switzerland
+20Papua New Guinea entered into a bilateral investment protection agreement with Switzerland, creating a framework for investment-related cooperation.
Switzerland toward Papua New Guinea
+20Switzerland entered into a bilateral investment protection agreement with Papua New Guinea, creating a framework for investment-related cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral investment protection agreement provides a durable, though relatively narrow, basis for cooperation. The breadth and practical intensity of other bilateral cooperation 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
Papua New Guinea and Switzerland have a bilateral investment protection agreement, providing a concrete framework for economic cooperation. The relationship appears modestly cooperative on this basis, though the agreement’s practical scope and the breadth of other government-to-government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Papua New Guinea and Switzerland concluded a bilateral investment protection agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The agreement’s current scope and implementation are unclear.
- Details of cooperation beyond investment protection are limited.