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China vs United States: UN Voting Alignment

How often do China and United States 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

16.7%

of 4,496 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

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

Agreement by topic

ChinaUnited States UN voting agreement by topic
TopicAgreementShared votes
Israel–Palestine6.7%963
Nuclear weapons18.7%707
Disarmament21.7%897
Colonialism5.5%656
Human rights7.3%874
Economic development13.6%572

Frequently asked questions

How often do China and United States vote together at the UN?

China and United States voted the same way in 16.7% of 4,496 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do China and United States agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, China and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 7.3% of 874 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

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