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Agreement matrix

Share of shared recorded votes on which two countries took the same position. Cells with too few votes are greyed out.

Countries (5 selected, max 20)

Permanent five · Clear

BodyFrom yearTo yearTopicGrey out below this many shared votesTreat the USSR and the Russian Federation as one (Russia continues the USSR's seat)

Security Council · 1946–2026 · Only recorded votes where both countries voted yes, no or abstain. Agreement, 0% to 100%.

Pairwise agreement between selected countries
	China	France	United Kingdom	Russia / USSR	United States
China	–	93%2680 votes	93%2681 votes	92%2674 votes	91%2682 votes
France	93%2680 votes	–	98%2745 votes	89%2738 votes	96%2746 votes
United Kingdom	93%2681 votes	98%2745 votes	–	89%2739 votes	97%2747 votes
Russia / USSR	92%2674 votes	89%2738 votes	89%2739 votes	–	87%2740 votes
United States	91%2682 votes	96%2746 votes	97%2747 votes	87%2740 votes	–

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