United Nations Member States Voting Records
Voting Coincidence with the United States
(2005 - Present)
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Voting Most Often with the U.S.
Western European & Others Group (WEOG)
Arab Countries
Israel-Related Votes
Methodology
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Voting Most Often With the U.S. at the General Assembly (2021)
(voting for 86 overall contested votes)
| Country | Same | Opposite | Coincidence |
| Israel | 71 | 2 | 90% |
| Canada | 57 | 12 | 77% |
| Micronesia | 48 | 23 | 77% |
| Australia | 54 | 12 | 74% |
| United Kingdom | 58 | 17 | 74% |
| Marshall Islands | 46 | 15 | 70% |
| Czech Republic | 50 | 17 | 69% |
| France | 50 | 17 | 69% |
| Estonia | 49 | 19 | 68% |
| Hungary | 48 | 17 | 68% |
Frequency that WEOG Members Voted With the United States (2005-Present)
|
Country |
2005 |
2008 |
2010 |
2013 |
2017 |
2018
|
2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|
Andorra |
42.1% |
46.8% |
77.8% |
69.1% |
46% |
44% |
47% | 13% | 55% |
|
Australia |
58.1% |
56.9% |
84.6% |
80.9% |
60% |
64%
|
66% | 65% | 74% |
|
Austria |
43.8% |
44.1% |
77.8% |
66.2% |
44% |
45%
|
49% | 47% | 56% |
|
Belgium |
45.2% |
44.4% |
77.8% |
70% |
51% |
50%
|
55% | 52% | 65% |
|
Canada |
48.7% |
59.4% |
84.6% |
89.9% |
69% |
65%
|
66% | 64% | 77% |
|
Denmark |
46.1% |
47.2% |
80.0% |
70% |
52% |
51%
|
56% | 54% | 67% |
|
Finland |
44.6% |
43.1% |
77.8% |
69.6% |
48% |
47%
|
51% | 50% | 62% |
|
France |
52.8% |
54.2% |
77.8% |
77.9% |
58% |
56%
|
60% | 58% | 69% |
|
Germany |
44.6% |
43.8% |
80.0% |
70% |
53% |
51%
|
56% | 55% | 66% |
|
Greece |
44.6% |
44.4% |
47.8% |
69.1% |
51% |
48%
|
54% | 51% | 63% |
|
Iceland |
45.3% |
43.2% |
77.8% |
68.6% |
49% |
47%
|
52% | 50% | 63% |
|
Ireland |
41.3% |
40.5% |
77.8% |
65.2% |
44% |
43%
|
47% | 44% | 55% |
|
Israel |
90.5% |
87.7% |
91.7% |
94.7% |
94% |
92%
|
96% | 91% | 90% |
|
Italy |
45.7% |
43.8% |
80.0% |
70.4% |
52% |
51%
|
55% | 51% | 67% |
|
Liechtenstein |
43.8% |
41.3% |
77.8% |
64.8% |
42% |
44%
|
47% | 45% | 55% |
|
Luxembourg |
45.3% |
45.7% |
77.8% |
69.4% |
52% |
49%
|
55% | 51% | 66% |
|
Malta |
39.7% |
35.7% |
63.6% |
63.4% |
43% |
42%
|
47% | 44% | 56% |
|
Monaco |
47.1% |
46.9% |
77.8% |
72.7% |
52% |
51%
|
54% | 53% | 66% |
|
Netherlands |
46.1% |
46.6% |
80.0% |
70% |
51% |
51%
|
55% | 54% | 65% |
|
New Zealand |
41.3% |
39.2% |
80.0% |
63.9% |
43% |
43%
|
46% | 45% | 55% |
|
Norway |
44.7% |
43.2% |
77.8% |
69.1% |
49% |
48%
|
52% | 49% | 65% |
|
Portugal |
43.4% |
44.4% |
77.8% |
68.7% |
51% |
48%
|
54% | 51% | 64% |
|
San Marino |
42.1% |
42.5% |
75% |
66.7% |
44% |
43%
|
46% | 44% | 55% |
|
Spain |
44.0% |
43.8% |
77.8% |
69.6% |
51% |
49%
|
54% | 51% | 62% |
|
Sweden |
42.7% |
41.1% |
80.0% |
69.1% |
46% |
45%
|
49% | 47% | 59% |
|
Switzerland |
43.1% |
39.7% |
77.8% |
63% |
43% |
42%
|
46% | 46% | 58% |
|
Turkey |
36.0% |
33.3% |
41.7% |
61.6% |
45% |
42%
|
43% | 43% | 58% |
|
U.K. |
55.1% |
56.8% |
80% |
77.5% |
60% |
59% |
64% | 61% | 74% |
| Average | 47% | 46% | 76% | 71% | 52% | 50% | 54% | 51% | 64% |
Frequency that Arab Countries Voted With the United States (2005-Present)
|
Country |
2005 |
2008 |
2010 |
2013 |
2017 |
2018
|
2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|
Algeria |
8% |
7% |
30% |
34.2% |
20% |
19%
|
21% | 20% | 27% |
|
Bahrain |
9% |
7% |
3% |
34.8% |
23% |
24%
|
24% | 25% | 33% |
|
Djibouti |
9% |
8% |
34% |
34.7% |
21% |
23%
|
23% | 22% | 31% |
|
Egypt |
9% |
7% |
31% |
25% |
21% |
20%
|
22% | 23% | 27% |
|
Iraq |
10% |
11% |
35% |
34.3% |
21% |
21%
|
27% | 23% | 30% |
|
Jordan |
13% |
8% |
34% |
36.6% |
22% |
21%
|
28% | 23% | 30% |
|
Kuwait |
10% |
8% |
33% |
31.3% |
22% |
22%
|
28% | 24% | 33% |
|
Lebanon |
12% |
9% |
32% |
32.4% |
18% |
20%
|
17% | 20% | 30% |
|
Libya |
10% |
7% |
31% |
33.8% |
21% |
21%
|
21% | 22% | 28% |
|
Mauritania |
17% |
8% |
32% |
30.8% |
20% |
18%
|
18% | 23% | 30% |
|
Morocco |
14% |
11% |
35% |
41.3% |
24% |
22%
|
22% | 23% | 33% |
|
Oman |
9% |
5% |
30% |
30.9% |
23% |
22%
|
27% | 24% | 31% |
|
Qatar |
10% |
7% |
32% |
31.3% |
25% |
23%
|
24% | 23% | 32% |
|
Saudi Arabia |
13% |
8% |
32% |
29.9% |
25% |
25%
|
25% | 25% | 34% |
|
Somalia |
8% |
0% |
29% |
40% |
24% |
20%
|
9% | 42% | 37% |
|
Sudan |
14% |
8% |
31% |
27.7% |
20% |
19%
|
29% | 20% | 30% |
|
Syria |
8% |
6% |
16% |
11.1% |
15% |
14%
|
12% | 15% | 16% |
|
Tunisia |
9% |
8% |
32% |
34.7% |
21% |
21%
|
21% | 22% | 30% |
|
U.A.E. |
8% |
6% |
32% |
35.2% |
24% |
22%
|
23% | 23% | 32% |
| Yemen | 25% | 31% | |||||||
| Average | 11% | 7% | 30% | 32% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 30% |
Voting Coincidence on 11 Israel-Related Resolutions (2021)
| Country | Same | Opposite | Voting Coincidence |
| Israel | 10 | 1 | 95% |
| Marshall Islands | 10 | 1 | 95% |
| Micronesia | 10 | 1 | 95% |
| Canada | 9 | 1 | 86% |
| Nauru | 4 | 0 | 73% |
| Palau | 5 | 0 | 73% |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 68% |
| Liberia | 2 | 0 | 64% |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 55% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 | 0 | 55% |
| Dominica | 0 | 0 | 55% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 55% |
| Tuvalu | 0 | 0 | 55% |
Methodology
The methodology for calculating the “voting coincidence” compares how the United States and the listed country voted. Votes are placed into one of four categories: same; opposite; partial; and absent.
- “Same” is the total number of times the United States and the listed country voted together, with each vote counting as one (1) point.
- “Opposite” is the total number of times the United States and the listed country voted counter to each other; each vote counts as zero (0) points.
- “Partial” is the number of times the United States and the listed country were partially aligned (one country, but not both, abstained on a resolution), each vote is a half point (0.5).
- “Absent” is the number of times the listed country did not vote.
Voting Coincidence with the United States is calculated by adding the points, and the total is divided by the total number of votes. For resolutions adopted by acclaim, the vote of every country is assigned “same” and calculated accordingly.
The Department of State updated its methodology for the 2017 report to ensure that abstentions are reflected and to emphasize the votes taken on final resolutions over those taken on preliminary texts. These updates are intended to capture more accurately the voting conduct of UN member states. Of the 334 draft resolutions in the UN General Assembly in 2021, 86 required a vote (26 percent).
Source: “Report to Congress on Voting Practices at the United Nations for 2021,” U.S. State Department, (March 31, 2022).
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