Canada vs New Zealand: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Canada
- New Zealand
How they compare
Canada currently reports 30.2 Percentage of employees against 18.7 Percentage of employees in New Zealand, a difference of 11.5 Percentage of employees.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1960 it was New Zealand ahead.
Canada ranks 20th and New Zealand ranks 23rd of 29 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and New Zealand in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.45 Percentage of employees | 70 Percentage of employees | 39.55 Percentage of employees | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 35.6 Percentage of employees | 70 Percentage of employees | 34.4 Percentage of employees | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 37.05 Percentage of employees | 67.5 Percentage of employees | 30.45 Percentage of employees | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 36.83 Percentage of employees | 39.13 Percentage of employees | 2.3 Percentage of employees | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 31.87 Percentage of employees | 22.93 Percentage of employees | 8.93 Percentage of employees | Canada |
| 2010s | 30.29 Percentage of employees | 18.64 Percentage of employees | 11.64 Percentage of employees | Canada |
| 2020s | 30.56 Percentage of employees | 18.3 Percentage of employees | 12.26 Percentage of employees | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Canada or New Zealand?
- Canada, at 30.2 Percentage of employees against 18.7 Percentage of employees in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Canada and New Zealand?
- 11.5 Percentage of employees, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Canada ranks 20th and New Zealand ranks 23rd 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