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China vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment

How often do China and Russia 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

72.7%

of 4,489 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

0%25%50%75%100%1971198020002024
China–Russia UN General Assembly voting agreement, 19712024. Latest: 1% agreement in 2024.

Agreement by topic

ChinaRussia UN voting agreement by topic
TopicAgreementShared votes
Israel–Palestine83.0%962
Nuclear weapons50.3%708
Disarmament57.3%897
Colonialism82.1%654
Human rights76.8%878
Economic development71.3%574

Frequently asked questions

How often do China and Russia vote together at the UN?

China and Russia voted the same way in 72.7% of 4,489 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do China and Russia agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, China and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 76.8% of 878 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

Data source: Erik Voeten et al., 'United Nations General Assembly Voting Data', Harvard Dataverse.