Relationship dossier
Sweden
Tanzania
Relationship assessment
A long-running bilateral relationship centered on development cooperation
Sweden toward Tanzania
+40Swedish governments have provided sustained bilateral development assistance to Tanzania, supporting areas including public services and development priorities. This constitutes concrete government cooperation beyond formal diplomatic relations.
Tanzania toward Sweden
+35Tanzanian governments have engaged in bilateral development cooperation frameworks with Sweden and received Swedish assistance for national priorities. The scope of other Tanzanian initiatives specifically directed toward Sweden is unclear.
Overall relationship
+35The durable feature of the relationship is bilateral development cooperation, especially Sweden's assistance to Tanzania and Tanzanian participation in that cooperation. This supports a cooperative overall characterization; the present scale and breadth of the partnership are uncertain.
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
Sweden and Tanzania have maintained a long-running bilateral development relationship, with Swedish government assistance supporting development priorities in Tanzania. Tanzanian governments have participated in bilateral cooperation frameworks and received that assistance. The relationship is substantially cooperative, though its present scope and the details of reciprocal government initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
Sweden established a sustained bilateral development assistance relationship supporting development priorities in Tanzania.
Tanzanian governments participated in bilateral development cooperation frameworks with Sweden.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of Swedish bilateral development cooperation with Tanzania are unclear.
- Details of Tanzanian government initiatives specifically involving Sweden are limited.