India vs Sri Lanka: UN Voting Alignment
How often do India and Sri Lanka 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
83.4%
of 5,560 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 89.6% | 192 |
| 1960 | 83.2% | 482 |
| 1970 | 89.7% | 899 |
| 1980 | 86.4% | 1,375 |
| 1990 | 82.2% | 776 |
| 2000 | 79.5% | 925 |
| 2010 | 76.4% | 910 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 97.9% | 1,006 |
| Nuclear weapons | 59.4% | 845 |
| Disarmament | 67.6% | 1,065 |
| Colonialism | 92.8% | 837 |
| Human rights | 86.4% | 960 |
| Economic development | 90.3% | 704 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | India | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/64/47 NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ELIMINATION | 2009-12-02 | no | yes |
R/63/168 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
R/57/78 DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR ELIMINATION | 2002-11-07 | no | yes |
R/55/33C NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 2000-11-03 | no | yes |
R/54/183 HUMAN RIGHTS, KOSOVO | 1999-12-06 | 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 |
R/50/245 COMPREHENSIVE TEST-BAN-TREATY | 1996-09-03 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do India and Sri Lanka vote together at the UN?
India and Sri Lanka voted the same way in 83.4% of 5,560 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do India and Sri Lanka agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, India and Sri Lanka largely agree: they voted the same way in 86.4% of 960 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did India and Sri Lanka last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 India voted "no" and Sri Lanka voted "yes" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).