Ghana vs Nigeria: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Ghana and Nigeria 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
91.5%
of 5,126 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 77.5% | 475 |
| 1970 | 89.9% | 921 |
| 1980 | 95.5% | 1,338 |
| 1990 | 92.1% | 723 |
| 2000 | 92.1% | 901 |
| 2010 | 93.9% | 768 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 93.0% | 873 |
| Nuclear weapons | 96.7% | 821 |
| Disarmament | 95.1% | 1,038 |
| Colonialism | 93.4% | 743 |
| Human rights | 87.9% | 889 |
| Economic development | 95.2% | 662 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Ghana | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|---|
R/57/199 TORTURE | 2002-12-05 | yes | no |
R/50/191 HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ | 1995-12-06 | yes | no |
R/70/161 | 2015-12-17 | yes | no |
R/58/157 nan | 2003-12-22 | yes | no |
R/54/168 ELECTORAL SOVEREIGNTY | 1999-12-06 | yes | no |
R/52/118 nan | 1997-12-12 | no | yes |
R/43/63B CESSATION, NUCLEAR TESTING | 1988-12-04 | yes | no |
R/36/235/XVI LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM | 1981-12-01 | no | yes |
R/28/3074A DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS | 1973-11-07 | yes | no |
R/27/3018A POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT | 1972-12-07 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Ghana and Nigeria vote together at the UN?
Ghana and Nigeria voted the same way in 91.5% of 5,126 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Ghana and Nigeria agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Ghana and Nigeria largely agree: they voted the same way in 87.9% of 889 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Ghana and Nigeria last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2015-12-17 Ghana voted "yes" and Nigeria voted "no" on R/70/161.