Relationship dossier
Sweden
Uganda
Relationship assessment
Swedish development support has coexisted with disputes over governance and human rights
Sweden toward Uganda
+20Sweden has provided development support in Uganda and suspended direct budget support in 2014 after Uganda adopted an anti-homosexuality law, linking aid policy to governance and human-rights concerns.
Uganda toward Sweden
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow 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 has supported development cooperation in Uganda, while its aid policy has also included conditions related to governance and human rights. Sweden suspended direct budget support to Uganda in 2014 after the country adopted an anti-homosexuality law. Specific Ugandan government conduct toward Sweden is less clear.
Areas of tension
- Sweden's human-rights concerns and aid response following Uganda's adoption of an anti-homosexuality law
Key developments
Sweden suspended direct budget support to Uganda following Uganda's adoption of an anti-homosexuality law.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of current Swedish-Ugandan development cooperation are unclear.
- Details of Ugandan government cooperation with Sweden outside development programs are limited.