Trade Union Dataset : Trade union density

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Frequency

Annual

Measure

Percentage of employees

Time

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Country

Australia

17.0

15.1

..

14.6

..

13.7

..

..

Austria

27.8

27.7

27.4

26.9

26.7

26.3

26.3

..

Belgium

53.3

52.9

52.3

51.6

50.7

50.0

49.1

..

Canada

27.1

26.4

26.5

26.3

26.3

25.9

26.1

27.2

Chile

14.1

14.6

15.3

16.9

17.0

16.6

..

..

Colombia

9.7

9.6

9.4

9.5

9.5

..

..

..

Costa Rica

13.7

12.4

18.6

19.3

19.3

19.4

20.5

..

Czechia

13.6

12.9

11.9

11.9

11.7

11.4

..

..

Denmark

68.8

68.5

68.2

67.4

66.7

67.5

67.0

..

Estonia

5.6

5.3

4.5

5.0

4.7

5.9

6.0

..

Finland

67.5

67.8

67.5

65.7

62.9

60.0

58.8

..

France

11.0

..

..

10.8

..

..

..

..

Germany

Information on item

18.0

17.7

17.6

17.0

16.7

16.6

16.3

..

Greece

23.1

..

..

19.0

..

..

..

..

Hungary

..

11.0

..

9.2

..

8.3

..

..

Iceland

88.9

90.4

91.6

90.4

91.0

90.7

90.7

92.2

Ireland

28.5

26.3

25.4

23.4

24.3

24.1

25.1

26.2

Israel

Information on item

..

..

..

..

25.0

..

..

..

Italy

35.7

35.4

34.2

33.6

33.2

32.6

32.5

..

Japan

17.8

17.6

17.5

17.4

17.2

17.0

16.8

..

Korea

10.1

10.1

10.0

10.0

10.5

11.6

..

..

Lithuania

8.4

8.1

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.1

7.4

..

Latvia

12.9

12.8

12.7

12.4

12.3

11.6

..

..

Luxembourg

34.8

34.1

33.3

32.3

32.1

30.4

28.2

..

Mexico

13.8

13.6

13.1

12.7

12.5

12.0

12.3

12.4

Netherlands

18.2

18.1

17.7

17.3

16.8

16.5

15.4

..

New Zealand

19.5

18.6

17.9

17.8

17.5

17.7

..

..

Norway

49.8

50.1

49.8

50.0

50.0

49.9

50.4

..

Poland

..

16.5

..

14.1

13.4

..

..

..

Portugal

..

..

16.1

15.3

..

..

..

..

Slovak Republic

14.1

13.4

12.6

11.8

11.5

11.3

..

..

Slovenia

26.2

29.4

23.8

..

..

..

..

..

Spain

17.0

15.8

14.4

13.9

13.4

13.0

12.5

..

Sweden

67.7

67.3

67.0

66.7

66.1

65.5

65.2

..

Switzerland

16.6

16.1

15.7

15.3

14.9

14.4

..

..

Türkiye

6.3

6.9

8.0

8.2

8.6

9.2

9.9

..

United Kingdom

25.6

25.0

24.7

23.6

23.3

23.4

23.5

..

United States

10.8

10.7

10.6

10.3

10.3

10.1

9.9

10.3

OECD - Total

^(E)

17.1

^(E)

16.8

^(E)

16.5

^(E)

16.2

^(E)

16.0

^(E)

15.9

^(E)

15.8

..

Legend:

E	Estimated value

Data extracted on 28 Apr 2024 12:22 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat