Bahrain vs Malaysia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Bahrain and Malaysia 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
93.1%
of 4,841 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 90.8% | 877 |
| 1980 | 94.6% | 1,381 |
| 1990 | 97.2% | 753 |
| 2000 | 90.5% | 913 |
| 2010 | 92.5% | 916 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.9% | 983 |
| Nuclear weapons | 97.3% | 791 |
| Disarmament | 94.1% | 1,012 |
| Colonialism | 98.0% | 693 |
| Human rights | 90.6% | 895 |
| Economic development | 95.4% | 634 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Bahrain | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
R/65/225 HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2010-12-21 | yes | no |
R/64/175 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2009-12-18 | yes | no |
R/63/190 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS | 2008-12-18 | yes | no |
R/62/167 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2007-12-18 | yes | no |
R/73/225 Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-20 | yes | no |
R/73/175 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | no | yes |
R/71/129 nan | 2016-12-08 | yes | no |
R/43/126 HUMAN RIGHTS, U.N. SYSTEM | 1988-12-05 | no | yes |
R/34/219 PERSONNEL REPRESENTATION | 1979-12-04 | no | yes |
R/30/3485 EAST TIMOR, SELF-DETERMINATION | 1975-12-07 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Bahrain and Malaysia vote together at the UN?
Bahrain and Malaysia voted the same way in 93.1% of 4,841 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Bahrain and Malaysia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Bahrain and Malaysia largely agree: they voted the same way in 90.6% of 895 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Bahrain and Malaysia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2018-12-20 Bahrain voted "yes" and Malaysia voted "no" on R/73/225 (Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).