Ireland vs United Kingdom: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 40.2 Percentage of employees against 34 Percentage of employees in Ireland, a difference of 6.2 Percentage of employees.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Ireland ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 17th of 29 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70 Percentage of employees | 71.05 Percentage of employees | 1.05 Percentage of employees | United Kingdom |
| 1970s | 70 Percentage of employees | 81.5 Percentage of employees | 11.5 Percentage of employees | United Kingdom |
| 1980s | 70 Percentage of employees | 75 Percentage of employees | 5 Percentage of employees | United Kingdom |
| 1990s | 60.3 Percentage of employees | 47.35 Percentage of employees | 12.95 Percentage of employees | Ireland |
| 2000s | 42.13 Percentage of employees | 45.23 Percentage of employees | 3.1 Percentage of employees | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 34 Percentage of employees | 39.6 Percentage of employees | 5.6 Percentage of employees | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Ireland or United Kingdom?
- United Kingdom, at 40.2 Percentage of employees against 34 Percentage of employees in Ireland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Ireland and United Kingdom?
- 6.2 Percentage of employees, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and United Kingdom?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2017.
- How do Ireland and United Kingdom rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Ireland ranks 18th 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.
Individual pages
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