Austria vs Belgium: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 100 Percentage of employees against 98 Percentage of employees in Austria, a difference of 2 Percentage of employees.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 3rd and Belgium ranks 1st of 29 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Belgium in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95 Percentage of employees | 80 Percentage of employees | 15 Percentage of employees | Austria |
| 1970s | 95 Percentage of employees | 85 Percentage of employees | 10 Percentage of employees | Austria |
| 1980s | 95 Percentage of employees | 100 Percentage of employees | 5 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 1990s | 98 Percentage of employees | 100 Percentage of employees | 2 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 2000s | 98 Percentage of employees | 100 Percentage of employees | 2 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 2010s | 98 Percentage of employees | 100 Percentage of employees | 2 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 2020s | 98 Percentage of employees | 100 Percentage of employees | 2 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Austria or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 100 Percentage of employees against 98 Percentage of employees in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Austria and Belgium?
- 2 Percentage of employees, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Austria ranks 3rd and Belgium ranks 1st 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