For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt.
Skip to main content
New

South Korea vs United States: UN Voting Alignment

How often do South Korea 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

36.8%

of 2,497 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

0%25%50%75%100%199120002024
South Korea–United States UN General Assembly voting agreement, 19912024. Latest: 1% agreement in 2024.

Agreement by topic

South KoreaUnited States UN voting agreement by topic
TopicAgreementShared votes
Israel–Palestine3.5%539
Nuclear weapons36.8%443
Disarmament42.7%585
Colonialism17.0%353
Human rights40.1%574
Economic development23.9%251

Frequently asked questions

How often do South Korea and United States vote together at the UN?

South Korea and United States voted the same way in 36.8% of 2,497 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do South Korea and United States agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, South Korea and United States are split: they voted the same way in 40.1% of 574 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

Data source: Erik Voeten et al., 'United Nations General Assembly Voting Data', Harvard Dataverse.