An indicative five-level classification to understand what brings each pair of countries together and what divides them.
18915 relationships · 195 countries · Updated: 6 October 2026
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Close cooperationCooperationMixed relationshipStrained relationshipConfrontationInsufficient informationReference country
Geography: Natural Earth / world-atlas. Boundaries are indicative; territories without their own classification are shown without data.
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Diplomacy, trade, security and people: sourced reading, not a ranking of allies.
Close cooperation: broad, sustained collaboration across several areas.
Cooperation: collaboration predominates, although disagreements exist.
Mixed relationship: meaningful cooperation coexists with significant tensions.
Strained relationship: disputes, restrictions or rivalry shape the relationship.
Confrontation: direct armed hostilities or ongoing military coercion dominate the relationship.
These are indicative assessments of the overall relationship, developed with AI assistance; they are not objective facts or predictions. Closeness between governments does not necessarily describe the relationship between their populations. Source coverage varies between pairs.
When there is insufficient basis, the relationship remains unclassified. It is not considered neutral or assigned a sixth level.