Relationship dossier
Philippines
Portugal
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation includes tax and social-security arrangements
Philippines toward Portugal
+25The Philippine government has entered into bilateral tax and social-security arrangements with Portugal, establishing frameworks for cooperation on taxation and social protection.
Portugal toward Philippines
+25The Portuguese government has entered into bilateral tax and social-security arrangements with the Philippines, establishing frameworks for cooperation on taxation and social protection.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes practical, reciprocal cooperation through bilateral tax and social-security arrangements. These provide a constructive basis for ties, while the breadth and implementation of cooperation beyond those arrangements 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
The Philippines and Portugal have pursued practical bilateral cooperation through tax and social-security arrangements. These provide a basis for a positive assessment, although the scope of implementation and the wider range of government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
The Philippines and Portugal concluded a bilateral social-security agreement.
The Philippines and Portugal concluded a bilateral agreement on taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral tax and social-security arrangements are unclear.
- Details of wider Philippines–Portugal government cooperation are limited.