Iceland vs Sweden: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iceland and Sweden 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
86.3%
of 5,971 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 76.2% | 193 |
| 1950 | 72.2% | 385 |
| 1960 | 83.0% | 466 |
| 1970 | 84.6% | 918 |
| 1980 | 82.0% | 1,382 |
| 1990 | 92.4% | 775 |
| 2000 | 94.5% | 932 |
| 2010 | 90.4% | 919 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 91.5% | 1,046 |
| Nuclear weapons | 73.2% | 848 |
| Disarmament | 80.3% | 1,079 |
| Colonialism | 89.5% | 904 |
| Human rights | 90.9% | 998 |
| Economic development | 90.4% | 738 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iceland | Sweden |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/72/37 nan | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/72/38 nan | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/72/39 nan | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/72/39 nan | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/72/45 nan | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/72/58 nan | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/258 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-23 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/47 Humanitarian Pledge for the Prohibition and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
R/70/34 | 2015-12-07 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iceland and Sweden vote together at the UN?
Iceland and Sweden voted the same way in 86.3% of 5,971 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iceland and Sweden agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iceland and Sweden largely agree: they voted the same way in 90.9% of 998 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iceland and Sweden last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Iceland voted "no" and Sweden voted "yes" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).