Israel vs Sweden: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Israel 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
47.4%
of 5,676 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 50.6% | 87 |
| 1950 | 60.6% | 398 |
| 1960 | 61.1% | 483 |
| 1970 | 55.7% | 869 |
| 1980 | 44.0% | 1,266 |
| 1990 | 44.8% | 772 |
| 2000 | 41.7% | 903 |
| 2010 | 38.4% | 897 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 9.6% | 1,026 |
| Nuclear weapons | 40.1% | 832 |
| Disarmament | 49.9% | 1,069 |
| Colonialism | 33.4% | 880 |
| Human rights | 47.8% | 981 |
| Economic development | 52.9% | 694 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Israel | Sweden |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
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 | no | yes |
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 | no | yes |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | no | yes |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | no | yes |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | no | yes |
R/67/19 PALESTINE QUESTION | 2012-11-29 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Israel and Sweden vote together at the UN?
Israel and Sweden voted the same way in 47.4% of 5,676 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Israel and Sweden agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Israel and Sweden are split: they voted the same way in 47.8% of 981 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Israel and Sweden last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Israel voted "no" and Sweden voted "yes" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).