Italy vs Netherlands: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain

Italy
100 Percentage of employees
in 2024
Netherlands
72.1 Percentage of employees
in 2024
Italy rank
1st
Netherlands rank
2nd

Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time

  • Italy
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 100 Percentage of employees against 72.1 Percentage of employees in Netherlands, a difference of 27.9 Percentage of employees.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.4 times Netherlands's.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 2nd of 29 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Netherlands Difference Ahead
1960s 100 Percentage of employees 82.6 Percentage of employees 17.4 Percentage of employees Italy
1970s 100 Percentage of employees 81.39 Percentage of employees 18.61 Percentage of employees Italy
1980s 100 Percentage of employees 82.7 Percentage of employees 17.3 Percentage of employees Italy
1990s 100 Percentage of employees 81.65 Percentage of employees 18.35 Percentage of employees Italy
2000s 100 Percentage of employees 82.12 Percentage of employees 17.88 Percentage of employees Italy
2010s 100 Percentage of employees 77.83 Percentage of employees 22.17 Percentage of employees Italy
2020s 100 Percentage of employees 71.84 Percentage of employees 28.16 Percentage of employees Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Italy or Netherlands?
Italy, at 100 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 Italy and Netherlands?
27.9 Percentage of employees, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Netherlands?
48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Italy and Netherlands rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
Italy ranks 1st 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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Indicator
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Unit
Percentage of employees
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
37 places, 1,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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