Blocs over time
The same analysis as Blocs, repeated in a sliding window of years. Move the slider or press play to see how clusters form, split and merge, and how individual countries move between them.
General Assembly, 5-year windows
Flags are each country's current flag (the Soviet and Yugoslav flags for those states), not necessarily the flag at the time of the votes; a grey disc with letters means no suitable flag. Positions show how alike countries voted and are nudged apart so flags do not overlap, so distances are approximate. Select a bloc above to highlight it.
Bloc numbers and colours are matched from one window to the next by overlap, so a bloc keeps its colour while it persists; names are worked out afresh for each window. Tracked countries have a heavier ring and their UN country code (hover for the full name).
Bloc of each tracked country, window by window
The number is the bloc in that window (colour-matched across windows); a dash means the country is not in the analysis that year.
| 1948 | 1950 | 1952 | 1954 | 1956 | 1958 | 1960 | 1962 | 1964 | 1966 | 1968 | 1970 | 1972 | 1974 | 1976 | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | |
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| United States | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Russian Federation (USSR to 1991) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| India | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Brazil | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |