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
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 76.2% | 231 |
| 1950 | 65.8% | 409 |
| 1960 | 65.9% | 501 |
| 1970 | 48.4% | 974 |
| 1980 | 24.8% | 1,385 |
| 1990 | 39.9% | 777 |
| 2000 | 35.5% | 932 |
| 2010 | 43.7% | 919 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 18.2% | 1,056 |
| Nuclear weapons | 34.5% | 849 |
| Disarmament | 39.2% | 1,088 |
| Colonialism | 34.6% | 953 |
| Human rights | 46.1% | 1,007 |
| Economic development | 41.2% | 754 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Sweden | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
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 | yes | no |
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 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | yes | no |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | yes | no |
R/67/19 PALESTINE QUESTION | 2012-11-29 | yes | no |
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.
When did Sweden and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Sweden voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).