Guatemala vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Guatemala 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
34.0%
of 5,658 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 53.4% | 206 |
| 1950 | 59.8% | 391 |
| 1960 | 61.1% | 465 |
| 1970 | 45.4% | 872 |
| 1980 | 19.6% | 1,212 |
| 1990 | 26.2% | 680 |
| 2000 | 21.5% | 913 |
| 2010 | 31.7% | 918 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 19.0% | 924 |
| Nuclear weapons | 24.6% | 813 |
| Disarmament | 29.6% | 1,040 |
| Colonialism | 20.0% | 843 |
| Human rights | 28.2% | 942 |
| Economic development | 27.8% | 693 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Guatemala | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | 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 Guatemala and United States vote together at the UN?
Guatemala and United States voted the same way in 34.0% of 5,658 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Guatemala and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Guatemala and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 28.2% of 942 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Guatemala and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Guatemala voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).