Bahrain vs Saudi Arabia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Bahrain and Saudi Arabia 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
95.4%
of 4,671 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 90.2% | 776 |
| 1980 | 96.2% | 1,367 |
| 1990 | 96.3% | 734 |
| 2000 | 98.1% | 878 |
| 2010 | 95.4% | 915 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.9% | 979 |
| Nuclear weapons | 98.0% | 765 |
| Disarmament | 94.6% | 966 |
| Colonialism | 97.2% | 684 |
| Human rights | 92.8% | 886 |
| Economic development | 96.2% | 608 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Bahrain | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|---|
R/73/225 Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-20 | 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 |
R/27/3016B SOVEREIGNTY, NATURAL RESOURCES | 1972-12-07 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Bahrain and Saudi Arabia vote together at the UN?
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia voted the same way in 95.4% of 4,671 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Bahrain and Saudi Arabia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia largely agree: they voted the same way in 92.8% of 886 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Bahrain and Saudi Arabia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2018-12-20 Bahrain voted "yes" and Saudi Arabia voted "no" on R/73/225 (Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).