Iraq vs Kuwait: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iraq and Kuwait 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
93.4%
of 4,145 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 86.6% | 231 |
| 1970 | 91.5% | 854 |
| 1980 | 95.3% | 1,328 |
| 1990 | 89.9% | 327 |
| 2000 | 96.4% | 501 |
| 2010 | 93.6% | 903 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 97.7% | 775 |
| Nuclear weapons | 98.5% | 661 |
| Disarmament | 95.1% | 817 |
| Colonialism | 98.2% | 619 |
| Human rights | 92.0% | 736 |
| Economic development | 93.6% | 576 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iraq | Kuwait |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
R/49/200 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1994-12-06 | no | yes |
R/49/203 HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ | 1994-12-06 | no | yes |
R/48/142 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1993-12-02 | no | yes |
R/48/144 HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ | 1993-12-02 | no | yes |
R/48/147 HUMAN RIGHTS, SUDAN | 1993-12-02 | no | yes |
R/47/139 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1992-12-06 | no | yes |
R/47/142 SUDAN | 1992-12-06 | no | yes |
R/47/145 HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ | 1992-12-06 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iraq and Kuwait vote together at the UN?
Iraq and Kuwait voted the same way in 93.4% of 4,145 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iraq and Kuwait agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iraq and Kuwait largely agree: they voted the same way in 92.0% of 736 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iraq and Kuwait last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 Iraq voted "no" and Kuwait voted "yes" on A/RES/72/191 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).