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Sweden vs United States: UN Voting Alignment

How often do Sweden 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

43.0%

of 6,129 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

0%25%50%75%100%19461960198020002024
Sweden–United States UN General Assembly voting agreement, 19462024. Latest: 1% agreement in 2024.

Agreement by topic

SwedenUnited States UN voting agreement by topic
TopicAgreementShared votes
Israel–Palestine18.2%1,056
Nuclear weapons34.5%849
Disarmament39.2%1,088
Colonialism34.6%953
Human rights46.1%1,007
Economic development41.2%754

Frequently asked questions

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

Sweden and United States voted the same way in 43.0% of 6,129 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do Sweden and United States agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, Sweden and United States are split: they voted the same way in 46.1% of 1,007 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

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