Estonia vs Sweden: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Estonia and Sweden 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
91.4%
of 2,504 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 88.4% | 663 |
| 2000 | 94.5% | 919 |
| 2010 | 90.6% | 921 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 98.5% | 540 |
| Nuclear weapons | 73.3% | 450 |
| Disarmament | 84.2% | 590 |
| Colonialism | 90.8% | 348 |
| Human rights | 96.3% | 573 |
| Economic development | 90.9% | 242 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Estonia | Sweden |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/54/54G NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1999-12-04 | no | yes |
R/53/77Y NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1998-12-06 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/42 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons | 2019-12-12 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/59 Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons | 2019-12-12 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/46 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world | 2019-12-12 | no | yes |
R/73/47 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
R/73/40 Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
R/73/70 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
R/73/64 Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Estonia and Sweden vote together at the UN?
Estonia and Sweden voted the same way in 91.4% of 2,504 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Estonia and Sweden agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Estonia and Sweden largely agree: they voted the same way in 96.3% of 573 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Estonia and Sweden last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-12 Estonia voted "no" and Sweden voted "yes" on A/RES/74/42 (Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons ).