Australia vs Norway: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain

Australia
59.7 Percentage of employees
in 2023
Norway
72 Percentage of employees
in 2022
Australia rank
11th
Norway rank
10th

Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time

  • Australia
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 72 Percentage of employees against 59.7 Percentage of employees in Australia, a difference of 12.3 Percentage of employees.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and Norway ranks 10th of 29 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Norway in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Norway Difference Ahead
1980s 86.5 Percentage of employees 72.5 Percentage of employees 14 Percentage of employees Australia
1990s 70 Percentage of employees 76 Percentage of employees 6 Percentage of employees Norway
2000s 61.85 Percentage of employees 74 Percentage of employees 12.15 Percentage of employees Norway
2010s 61.1 Percentage of employees 71 Percentage of employees 9.9 Percentage of employees Norway
2020s 60.6 Percentage of employees 72 Percentage of employees 11.4 Percentage of employees Norway

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 Norway?
Norway, at 72 Percentage of employees against 59.7 Percentage of employees in Australia as of 2022.
What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Australia and Norway?
12.3 Percentage of employees, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Norway?
10 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
How do Australia and Norway rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
Australia ranks 11th and Norway ranks 10th 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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Indicator
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Unit
Percentage of employees
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
37 places, 1,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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