Relationship dossier
Paraguay
Taiwan
Relationship assessment
Paraguay and Taiwan maintain a close diplomatic partnership with sustained development and economic cooperation.
Paraguay toward Taiwan
+80Paraguay recognizes Taiwan diplomatically and has supported its participation in international forums. The governments have pursued bilateral economic cooperation, including an agreement signed in 2017.
Taiwan toward Paraguay
+80Taiwan provides Paraguay with development cooperation, technical assistance, and scholarship opportunities. The governments have also pursued bilateral economic cooperation, including an agreement signed in 2017.
Overall relationship
+80The relationship is shaped by Paraguay's diplomatic recognition of Taiwan and Taiwan's sustained development cooperation with Paraguay. Political support, technical and educational assistance, and efforts to deepen economic ties underpin a close, durable 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
Paraguay and Taiwan maintain a close, longstanding diplomatic partnership. Paraguay recognizes Taiwan and has supported its participation in international forums. Taiwan provides Paraguay with development cooperation, technical assistance, and scholarship opportunities. The two governments have also pursued economic cooperation, including an agreement signed in 2017.
Key developments
Paraguay and Taiwan established diplomatic relations.
The governments signed an economic cooperation agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of bilateral development and technical cooperation are unclear.
- The current implementation and economic effects of the 2017 economic cooperation agreement are unclear.