Egypt vs Saudi Arabia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Egypt 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
92.0%
of 5,826 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 81.8% | 231 |
| 1950 | 89.6% | 402 |
| 1960 | 83.5% | 442 |
| 1970 | 89.3% | 828 |
| 1980 | 94.4% | 1,376 |
| 1990 | 96.1% | 746 |
| 2000 | 94.6% | 888 |
| 2010 | 92.9% | 912 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 98.8% | 1,052 |
| Nuclear weapons | 93.5% | 816 |
| Disarmament | 92.5% | 1,031 |
| Colonialism | 95.1% | 918 |
| Human rights | 89.9% | 984 |
| Economic development | 95.5% | 710 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Egypt | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/71/204 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | no | yes |
R/66/174 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2011-12-19 | no | yes |
R/64/175 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2009-12-18 | no | yes |
R/64/176 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) | 2009-12-18 | no | yes |
R/63/190 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
R/62/167 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2007-12-18 | no | yes |
R/61/232 Situation on Human Rights in Myanmar: resolution | 2006-12-22 | no | yes |
R/61/174 Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republi | 2006-12-19 | no | yes |
R/50/197 HUMAN RIGHTS, SUDAN | 1995-12-06 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Egypt and Saudi Arabia vote together at the UN?
Egypt and Saudi Arabia voted the same way in 92.0% of 5,826 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Egypt and Saudi Arabia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Egypt and Saudi Arabia largely agree: they voted the same way in 89.9% of 984 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Egypt and Saudi Arabia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2016-12-19 Egypt voted "no" and Saudi Arabia voted "yes" on A/RES/71/204 (Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).