Latvia vs Sweden: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Latvia 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
90.1%
of 2,487 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 87.1% | 649 |
| 2000 | 92.2% | 922 |
| 2010 | 90.1% | 915 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 97.7% | 529 |
| Nuclear weapons | 71.3% | 450 |
| Disarmament | 81.6% | 586 |
| Colonialism | 90.8% | 347 |
| Human rights | 95.8% | 567 |
| Economic development | 89.4% | 246 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Latvia | Sweden |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
R/53/77Y NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1998-12-06 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/42 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons | 2019-12-12 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/59 Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons | 2019-12-12 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/46 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world | 2019-12-12 | no | yes |
R/73/47 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
R/73/40 Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
R/73/70 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
R/73/64 Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/251 Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Latvia and Sweden vote together at the UN?
Latvia and Sweden voted the same way in 90.1% of 2,487 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Latvia and Sweden agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Latvia and Sweden largely agree: they voted the same way in 95.8% of 567 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Latvia and Sweden last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-12 Latvia voted "no" and Sweden voted "yes" on A/RES/74/42 (Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons ).