Indonesia vs Malaysia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Indonesia and Malaysia 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
91.3%
of 5,546 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 57.9% | 121 |
| 1960 | 60.1% | 449 |
| 1970 | 95.0% | 971 |
| 1980 | 95.0% | 1,383 |
| 1990 | 95.1% | 779 |
| 2000 | 95.7% | 927 |
| 2010 | 93.7% | 915 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.5% | 1,016 |
| Nuclear weapons | 93.7% | 843 |
| Disarmament | 93.9% | 1,060 |
| Colonialism | 93.4% | 839 |
| Human rights | 91.5% | 962 |
| Economic development | 95.6% | 720 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Indonesia | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
nan | 2011-11-18 | yes | no |
R/60/231 nan | 2005-12-23 | yes | no |
R/59/261 nan | 2004-12-23 | yes | no |
R/59/261 nan | 2004-12-23 | yes | no |
R/58/157 nan | 2003-12-22 | yes | no |
R/58/157 nan | 2003-12-22 | yes | no |
R/37/200 HUMAN RIGHTS, PURPOSE OF | 1982-12-03 | no | yes |
R/33/31A WESTERN SAHARA | 1978-12-02 | no | yes |
R/29/3261B DISARMAMENT, GENERAL AND COMPLETE | 1974-12-02 | no | yes |
R/26/2758C CHINA REPRESENTATION | 1971-10-07 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Indonesia and Malaysia vote together at the UN?
Indonesia and Malaysia voted the same way in 91.3% of 5,546 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Indonesia and Malaysia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Indonesia and Malaysia largely agree: they voted the same way in 91.5% of 962 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Indonesia and Malaysia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2011-11-18 Indonesia voted "yes" and Malaysia voted "no" on (nan).