Malta vs Sweden: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Malta 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
79.8%
of 4,870 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 65.2% | 115 |
| 1970 | 67.4% | 811 |
| 1980 | 67.0% | 1,323 |
| 1990 | 82.7% | 774 |
| 2000 | 93.2% | 927 |
| 2010 | 94.8% | 919 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 71.8% | 987 |
| Nuclear weapons | 85.1% | 780 |
| Disarmament | 89.6% | 1,002 |
| Colonialism | 73.9% | 670 |
| Human rights | 70.1% | 905 |
| Economic development | 76.1% | 639 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Malta | Sweden |
|---|---|---|---|
R/52/136 RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT | 1997-12-06 | yes | no |
R/39/146B ISRAEL, OCCUPIED TERRIROTIES | 1984-12-05 | yes | no |
R/38/180E ISRAEL, ISOLATION | 1983-12-06 | yes | no |
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 |
R/68/32 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT | 2013-12-05 | yes | no |
R/60/229 Future operation of the International Research and Training | 2005-12-23 | yes | no |
R/59/280 United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / a | 2005-03-08 | yes | no |
R/59/260 Future Operation of the International Research and Training | 2004-12-23 | yes | no |
R/58/245 Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed | 2003-12-23 | yes | no |
R/53/135 MERCENARIES | 1998-12-04 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Malta and Sweden vote together at the UN?
Malta and Sweden voted the same way in 79.8% of 4,870 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Malta and Sweden agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Malta and Sweden largely agree: they voted the same way in 70.1% of 905 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Malta and Sweden last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Malta voted "no" and Sweden voted "yes" on 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).