China vs North Korea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do China and North Korea 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
86.9%
of 2,061 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 91.7% | 540 |
| 2000 | 91.5% | 731 |
| 2010 | 79.3% | 789 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.6% | 518 |
| Nuclear weapons | 64.7% | 351 |
| Disarmament | 75.6% | 451 |
| Colonialism | 96.5% | 341 |
| Human rights | 96.4% | 531 |
| Economic development | 85.8% | 219 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | China | North Korea |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/32 Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/73 | 2015-12-07 | yes | no |
R/69/81 | 2014-12-02 | yes | no |
R/66/136 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2011-12-19 | yes | no |
R/65/91 LEAR WEAPON TESTS, TREATY | 2010-12-08 | yes | no |
R/64/69 NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS, TREATY | 2009-12-02 | yes | no |
R/57/9 IAEA REPORT | 2002-11-03 | yes | no |
R/54/26 IAEA REPORT | 1999-11-02 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/132 Report of the Human Rights Council | 2019-12-18 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do China and North Korea vote together at the UN?
China and North Korea voted the same way in 86.9% of 2,061 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do China and North Korea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, China and North Korea largely agree: they voted the same way in 96.4% of 531 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did China and North Korea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-18 China voted "yes" and North Korea voted "no" on A/RES/74/132 (Report of the Human Rights Council ).