China vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do China 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
16.7%
of 4,496 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 23.8% | 635 |
| 1980 | 14.3% | 1,293 |
| 1990 | 14.8% | 748 |
| 2000 | 13.1% | 913 |
| 2010 | 20.5% | 906 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 6.7% | 963 |
| Nuclear weapons | 18.7% | 707 |
| Disarmament | 21.7% | 897 |
| Colonialism | 5.5% | 656 |
| Human rights | 7.3% | 874 |
| Economic development | 13.6% | 572 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | China | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
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/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do China and United States vote together at the UN?
China and United States voted the same way in 16.7% of 4,496 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do China and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, China and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 7.3% of 874 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did China and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 China voted "no" and United States voted "yes" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).