Australia vs Germany: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Australia
- Germany
How they compare
Australia currently reports 59.7 Percentage of employees against 49 Percentage of employees in Germany, a difference of 10.7 Percentage of employees.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 11th and Germany ranks 14th of 29 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Germany in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 86.5 Percentage of employees | 85 Percentage of employees | 1.5 Percentage of employees | Australia |
| 1990s | 68.67 Percentage of employees | 78.1 Percentage of employees | 9.43 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 2000s | 61.84 Percentage of employees | 65.2 Percentage of employees | 3.36 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 2010s | 61.12 Percentage of employees | 57.18 Percentage of employees | 3.94 Percentage of employees | Australia |
| 2020s | 60.15 Percentage of employees | 50.5 Percentage of employees | 9.65 Percentage of employees | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Australia or Germany?
- Australia, at 59.7 Percentage of employees against 49 Percentage of employees in Germany as of 2023.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Australia and Germany?
- 10.7 Percentage of employees, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Germany?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Germany rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Australia ranks 11th and Germany ranks 14th of 29 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts (ICTWSS) was developed by Prof. Jelle Visser at the University of Amsterdam. It was first released in May 2007. In its initial form, the ICTWSS database combined data from various sources and projects with a main focus on trade union in EU and OECD countries, collective bargaining and employment relations in Europe, and social pacts. In 2021, the ICTWSS database was rebranded as the OECD/AIAS ICTWSS database to reflect the joint effort by the OECD and AIAS-HSI to ensure the continuation of the database following Prof. Visser’s retirement. The OECD/AIAS ICTWSS database is publicly available at: http://www.oecd.org/employment/ictwss-database.htm