Germany vs United Kingdom: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Germany
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Germany currently reports 49 Percentage of employees against 40.2 Percentage of employees in United Kingdom, a difference of 8.8 Percentage of employees.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 14th and United Kingdom ranks 17th of 29 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85 Percentage of employees | 71.05 Percentage of employees | 13.95 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 1970s | 85 Percentage of employees | 81.5 Percentage of employees | 3.5 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 1980s | 85 Percentage of employees | 75 Percentage of employees | 10 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 1990s | 76.77 Percentage of employees | 39.87 Percentage of employees | 36.9 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 2000s | 65.07 Percentage of employees | 42.64 Percentage of employees | 22.43 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 2010s | 56.62 Percentage of employees | 42.87 Percentage of employees | 13.75 Percentage of employees | Germany |
| 2020s | 50.4 Percentage of employees | 39.74 Percentage of employees | 10.66 Percentage of employees | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Germany or United Kingdom?
- Germany, at 49 Percentage of employees against 40.2 Percentage of employees in United Kingdom as of 2024.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Germany and United Kingdom?
- 8.8 Percentage of employees, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and United Kingdom?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Germany and United Kingdom rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Germany ranks 14th and United Kingdom ranks 17th 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