United Nations: Voting Coincidence with the United States

In 2017, the 10 countries with the highest voting coincidence with the United States were, in descending order: Israel, Micronesia, Canada, Marshall Islands, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Palau, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic.

The 10 countries with the lowest voting coincidence with the United States were, in ascending order: Zimbabwe, Burundi, Iran, Syria, Venezuela, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Cuba, Bolivia, and South Africa.

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 323 resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2017, 93 resolutions required a vote (29 percent) and 230 resolutions were adopted by consensus ‘without a vote’ (71 percent).

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Voting Most Often With the U.S. at the General Assembly (2017)

Country	Same	Opposite	Coincidence
Israel	80	1	94%
Micronesia	47	16	72%
Canada	53	17	69%
Marshall Islands	43	23	63%
United Kingdom	45	27	60%
Australia	42	23	60%
France	42	27	58%
Palau	30	22	56%
Hungary	36	29	54%
Czech Republic	36	29	54%
Poland	36	29	54%
Ukraine	36	29	54%

Frequency that WEOG Members Voted With the United States (2005-Present)

Country	2005	2008	2010	2013	2017
Andorra	42.1%	46.8%	77.8%	69.1%	46%
Australia	58.1%	56.9%	84.6%	80.9%	60%
Austria	43.8%	44.1%	77.8%	66.2%	44%
Belgium	45.2%	44.4%	77.8%	70%	51%
Canada	48.7%	59.4%	84.6%	89.9%	69%
Denmark	46.1%	47.2%	80.0%	70%	52%
Finland	44.6%	43.1%	77.8%	69.6%	48%
France	52.8%	54.2%	77.8%	77.9%	58%
Germany	44.6%	43.8%	80.0%	70%	53%
Greece	44.6%	44.4%	47.8%	69.1%	51%
Iceland	45.3%	43.2%	77.8%	68.6%	49%
Ireland	41.3%	40.5%	77.8%	65.2%	44%
Israel	90.5%	87.7%	91.7%	94.7%	94%
Italy	45.7%	43.8%	80.0%	70.4%	52%
Liechtenstein	43.8%	41.3%	77.8%	64.8%	42%
Luxembourg	45.3%	45.7%	77.8%	69.4%	52%
Malta	39.7%	35.7%	63.6%	63.4%	43%
Monaco	47.1%	46.9%	77.8%	72.7%	52%
Netherlands	46.1%	46.6%	80.0%	70%	51%
New Zealand	41.3%	39.2%	80.0%	63.9%	43%
Norway	44.7%	43.2%	77.8%	69.1%	49%
Portugal	43.4%	44.4%	77.8%	68.7%	51%
San Marino	42.1%	42.5%	75%	66.7%	44%
Spain	44.0%	43.8%	77.8%	69.6%	51%
Sweden	42.7%	41.1%	80.0%	69.1%	46%
Switzerland	43.1%	39.7%	77.8%	63%	43%
Turkey	36.0%	33.3%	41.7%	61.6%	45%
U.K.	55.1%	56.8%	80%	77.5%	60%

Frequency that Arab Countries Voted With the United States (2005-Present)

Country	2005	2008	2010	2013	2017
Algeria	8%	7%	30%	34.2%	20%
Bahrain	9%	7%	3%	34.8%	23%
Bangladesh	--	18%	33%	40%	22%
Djibouti	9%	8%	34%	34.7%	21%
Egypt	9%	7%	31%	25%	21%
Iraq	10%	11%	35%	34.3%	21%
Jordan	13%	8%	34%	36.6%	22%
Kuwait	10%	8%	33%	31.3%	22%
Lebanon	12%	9%	32%	32.4%	18%
Libya	10%	7%	31%	33.8%	21%
Mauritania	17%	8%	32%	30.8%	20%
Morocco	14%	11%	35%	41.3%	24%
Oman	9%	5%	30%	30.9%	23%
Qatar	10%	7%	32%	31.3%	25%
Saudi Arabia	13%	8%	32%	29.9%	25%
Somalia	8%	0%	29%	40%	24%
Sudan	14%	8%	31%	27.7%	20%
Syria	8%	6%	16%	11.1%	15%
Tunisia	9%	8%	32%	34.7%	21%
U.A.E.	8%	6%	32%	35.2%	24%

Source: United States Department of State