Estonia vs Lithuania: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Estonia and Lithuania 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
97.1%
of 2,489 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 95.7% | 650 |
| 2000 | 97.8% | 916 |
| 2010 | 97.3% | 922 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.4% | 532 |
| Nuclear weapons | 92.7% | 451 |
| Disarmament | 94.7% | 589 |
| Colonialism | 96.3% | 349 |
| Human rights | 99.3% | 569 |
| Economic development | 97.9% | 240 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Estonia | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|---|
R/46/210 ECONOMIC COERCION | 1991-12-06 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/258 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-23 | yes | no |
R/64/52 DISARMAMENT, GENERAL AND COMPLETE | 2009-12-02 | yes | no |
R/58/160 Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial d | 2003-12-22 | yes | no |
R/48/46 SELF-DETERMINATION, ECONOMIC IMPEDIMENTS | 1993-12-06 | yes | no |
R/46/201 PALESTINE, ASSISTANCE | 1991-12-06 | yes | no |
R/46/46F PALESTINE, REFUGEES, RELIEF | 1991-12-02 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Estonia and Lithuania vote together at the UN?
Estonia and Lithuania voted the same way in 97.1% of 2,489 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Estonia and Lithuania agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Estonia and Lithuania largely agree: they voted the same way in 99.3% of 569 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Estonia and Lithuania last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2016-12-23 Estonia voted "yes" and Lithuania voted "no" on A/RES/71/258 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).