Belgium vs Netherlands: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Belgium
- Netherlands
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 100 Percentage of employees against 72.1 Percentage of employees in Netherlands, a difference of 27.9 Percentage of employees.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.4 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Netherlands ahead.
Belgium ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 2nd of 29 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80 Percentage of employees | 80.8 Percentage of employees | 0.8 Percentage of employees | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 87.67 Percentage of employees | 77.97 Percentage of employees | 9.7 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 1980s | 100 Percentage of employees | 83.8 Percentage of employees | 16.2 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 1990s | 100 Percentage of employees | 81.5 Percentage of employees | 18.5 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 2000s | 100 Percentage of employees | 80.25 Percentage of employees | 19.75 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 2010s | 100 Percentage of employees | 77.83 Percentage of employees | 22.17 Percentage of employees | Belgium |
| 2020s | 100 Percentage of employees | 71.84 Percentage of employees | 28.16 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, Belgium or Netherlands?
- Belgium, at 100 Percentage of employees against 72.1 Percentage of employees in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Belgium and Netherlands?
- 27.9 Percentage of employees, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Netherlands?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Netherlands rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Belgium ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 2nd 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