Relationship dossier
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, with agreements spanning investment and other sectors
Saudi Arabia toward Singapore
+40Saudi Arabia has pursued bilateral cooperation with Singapore through agreements covering investment, housing and air services, including arrangements advanced during King Salman’s 2017 visit.
Singapore toward Saudi Arabia
+40Singapore has engaged Saudi Arabia through bilateral agreements, including a double-taxation agreement and cooperation on investment and other sectors. Singapore hosted King Salman’s 2017 visit, during which further bilateral arrangements were advanced.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship has a practical cooperative structure, reflected in bilateral tax arrangements and agreements on investment and other sectors. High-level engagement, including King Salman’s 2017 visit to Singapore, has supported this cooperation. The breadth and implementation 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
Saudi Arabia and Singapore have maintained practical bilateral cooperation, including a double-taxation agreement and agreements covering areas such as investment, housing and air services. King Salman’s 2017 visit to Singapore provided a high-level setting for further bilateral arrangements. These ties support a cooperative assessment, though the scope and implementation of the agreements are not fully clear.
Key developments
King Salman visited Singapore, where the two governments advanced bilateral agreements covering areas including investment, housing and air services.
Saudi Arabia and Singapore concluded a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and practical effects of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The scope of ongoing government cooperation beyond economic and sectoral agreements is uncertain.