Iceland vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iceland 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
47.1%
of 5,951 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 86.6% | 194 |
| 1950 | 70.6% | 385 |
| 1960 | 74.9% | 467 |
| 1970 | 49.7% | 908 |
| 1980 | 33.5% | 1,378 |
| 1990 | 41.9% | 771 |
| 2000 | 37.2% | 930 |
| 2010 | 46.7% | 917 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 22.2% | 1,043 |
| Nuclear weapons | 48.0% | 844 |
| Disarmament | 50.0% | 1,078 |
| Colonialism | 34.4% | 903 |
| Human rights | 46.2% | 991 |
| Economic development | 41.5% | 733 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iceland | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | 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/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : 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/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | yes | no |
R/70/12 | 2015-11-24 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/20 | 2014-11-25 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iceland and United States vote together at the UN?
Iceland and United States voted the same way in 47.1% of 5,951 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iceland and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iceland and United States are split: they voted the same way in 46.2% of 991 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iceland and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Iceland voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).