Relationship dossier
Senegal
Spain
Relationship assessment
Senegal and Spain cooperate on migration management, maritime security and development.
Senegal toward Spain
+35Senegalese authorities have cooperated with Spain on migration management and maritime security, including efforts involving joint patrols to address irregular migration.
Spain toward Senegal
+40Spain has worked with Senegal on migration management and maritime security, including cooperation involving Spanish security personnel, and has provided development and security assistance.
Overall relationship
+40Practical cooperation on migration and maritime security, alongside Spanish development and security assistance, gives the relationship a cooperative foundation. The known cooperation is meaningful but concentrated in a limited set of policy areas.
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
Senegal and Spain have developed practical cooperation focused particularly on migration management and maritime security. Senegalese authorities have worked with Spanish officials on efforts to address irregular migration, including cooperation involving joint patrols. Spain has also provided security and development cooperation to Senegal. The relationship is substantially cooperative, although its breadth and the implementation of specific arrangements are not fully clear.
Key developments
Senegalese and Spanish authorities cooperated on efforts to address irregular migration, including joint patrol activity.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of Senegalese-Spanish migration and maritime security arrangements are unclear.
- The extent and continuity of Spanish development and security cooperation with Senegal are uncertain.