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

Australia
59.7 Percentage of employees
in 2023
Portugal
83.3 Percentage of employees
in 2023
Australia rank
11th
Portugal rank
8th

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

  • Australia
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 83.3 Percentage of employees against 59.7 Percentage of employees in Australia, a difference of 23.6 Percentage of employees.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 11th and Portugal ranks 8th of 29 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Portugal Difference Ahead
1990s 63 Percentage of employees 97.7 Percentage of employees 34.7 Percentage of employees Portugal
2000s 61.84 Percentage of employees 93.02 Percentage of employees 31.18 Percentage of employees Portugal
2010s 61.12 Percentage of employees 88.86 Percentage of employees 27.74 Percentage of employees Portugal
2020s 60.15 Percentage of employees 83.65 Percentage of employees 23.5 Percentage of employees Portugal

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 Portugal?
Portugal, at 83.3 Percentage of employees against 59.7 Percentage of employees in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Australia and Portugal?
23.6 Percentage of employees, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Portugal?
14 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2023.
How do Australia and Portugal rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
Australia ranks 11th and Portugal ranks 8th 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