Iceland vs Portugal: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Iceland
- Portugal
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 90 Percentage of employees against 83.3 Percentage of employees in Portugal, a difference of 6.7 Percentage of employees.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Portugal ahead.
Iceland ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 8th of 29 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94 Percentage of employees | 98.8 Percentage of employees | 4.8 Percentage of employees | Portugal |
| 2000s | 90 Percentage of employees | 92.41 Percentage of employees | 2.41 Percentage of employees | Portugal |
| 2010s | 90 Percentage of employees | 88.49 Percentage of employees | 1.51 Percentage of employees | Iceland |
| 2020s | 90 Percentage of employees | 83.7 Percentage of employees | 6.3 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 Portugal?
- Iceland, at 90 Percentage of employees against 83.3 Percentage of employees in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Iceland and Portugal?
- 6.7 Percentage of employees, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Portugal?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Iceland and Portugal rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Iceland ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 8th 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