Bangladesh vs Maldives: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Bangladesh and Maldives vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
95.5%
of 4,311 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 95.6% | 428 |
| 1980 | 95.8% | 1,348 |
| 1990 | 96.0% | 756 |
| 2000 | 96.0% | 870 |
| 2010 | 93.8% | 908 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 98.9% | 935 |
| Nuclear weapons | 98.7% | 746 |
| Disarmament | 98.5% | 952 |
| Colonialism | 99.0% | 597 |
| Human rights | 87.7% | 807 |
| Economic development | 96.7% | 548 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Bangladesh | Maldives |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/71/204 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
R/68/144 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | yes | no |
R/68/184 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | no | yes |
R/67/182 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2012-12-20 | no | yes |
R/66/175 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2011-12-19 | no | yes |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/65/226 HUMAN RIGHTS--IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/64/238 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, MYANMAR | 2009-12-24 | no | yes |
R/63/245 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS | 2008-12-24 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/292 Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius 1965 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-06-22 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Bangladesh and Maldives vote together at the UN?
Bangladesh and Maldives voted the same way in 95.5% of 4,311 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Bangladesh and Maldives agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Bangladesh and Maldives largely agree: they voted the same way in 87.7% of 807 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Bangladesh and Maldives last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-06-22 Bangladesh voted "yes" and Maldives voted "no" on A/RES/71/292 (Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius 1965 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).