Japan vs United States: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Japan
- United States
How they compare
Japan currently reports 15.2 Percentage of employees against 11.1 Percentage of employees in United States, a difference of 4.1 Percentage of employees.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times United States's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 25th and United States ranks 27th of 29 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29.99 Percentage of employees | 27.29 Percentage of employees | 2.7 Percentage of employees | Japan |
| 1980s | 25.07 Percentage of employees | 21.29 Percentage of employees | 3.78 Percentage of employees | Japan |
| 1990s | 20.73 Percentage of employees | 16.83 Percentage of employees | 3.9 Percentage of employees | Japan |
| 2000s | 16.9 Percentage of employees | 13.96 Percentage of employees | 2.94 Percentage of employees | Japan |
| 2010s | 15.89 Percentage of employees | 12.28 Percentage of employees | 3.61 Percentage of employees | Japan |
| 2020s | 15.4 Percentage of employees | 11.55 Percentage of employees | 3.85 Percentage of employees | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Japan or United States?
- Japan, at 15.2 Percentage of employees against 11.1 Percentage of employees in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Japan and United States?
- 4.1 Percentage of employees, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Japan and United States rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Japan ranks 25th and United States ranks 27th 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