Iceland vs Netherlands: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Iceland
- Netherlands
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 90 Percentage of employees against 72.1 Percentage of employees in Netherlands, a difference of 17.9 Percentage of employees.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 2nd of 29 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 90 Percentage of employees | 84.6 Percentage of employees | 5.4 Percentage of employees | Iceland |
| 1990s | 94 Percentage of employees | 82.7 Percentage of employees | 11.3 Percentage of employees | Iceland |
| 2000s | 90 Percentage of employees | 82.12 Percentage of employees | 7.88 Percentage of employees | Iceland |
| 2010s | 90 Percentage of employees | 77.83 Percentage of employees | 12.17 Percentage of employees | Iceland |
| 2020s | 90 Percentage of employees | 71.84 Percentage of employees | 18.16 Percentage of employees | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Iceland or Netherlands?
- Iceland, at 90 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 Iceland and Netherlands?
- 17.9 Percentage of employees, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Netherlands?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and Netherlands rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Iceland ranks 5th 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