Ghana vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Ghana 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
22.9%
of 5,362 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 37.2% | 121 |
| 1960 | 32.5% | 496 |
| 1970 | 35.6% | 942 |
| 1980 | 13.6% | 1,350 |
| 1990 | 18.9% | 732 |
| 2000 | 15.8% | 919 |
| 2010 | 27.3% | 802 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 9.7% | 917 |
| Nuclear weapons | 20.7% | 839 |
| Disarmament | 25.5% | 1,060 |
| Colonialism | 10.4% | 792 |
| Human rights | 12.1% | 916 |
| Economic development | 24.2% | 693 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Ghana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/4 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-01 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/185 | 2015-12-22 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/227 | 2014-12-19 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Ghana and United States vote together at the UN?
Ghana and United States voted the same way in 22.9% of 5,362 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Ghana and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Ghana and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 12.1% of 916 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Ghana and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Ghana voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).