Norway vs Switzerland: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain over time
- Norway
- Switzerland
How they compare
Norway currently reports 72 Percentage of employees against 51.5 Percentage of employees in Switzerland, a difference of 20.5 Percentage of employees.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.4 times Switzerland's.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Norway ranks 10th and Switzerland ranks 13th of 29 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70 Percentage of employees | 50 Percentage of employees | 20 Percentage of employees | Norway |
| 1970s | 70 Percentage of employees | 50 Percentage of employees | 20 Percentage of employees | Norway |
| 1980s | 72.5 Percentage of employees | 50 Percentage of employees | 22.5 Percentage of employees | Norway |
| 1990s | 75 Percentage of employees | 49.15 Percentage of employees | 25.85 Percentage of employees | Norway |
| 2000s | 73 Percentage of employees | 45.9 Percentage of employees | 27.1 Percentage of employees | Norway |
| 2010s | 71 Percentage of employees | 50 Percentage of employees | 21 Percentage of employees | Norway |
| 2020s | 72 Percentage of employees | 51.5 Percentage of employees | 20.5 Percentage of employees | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain, Norway or Switzerland?
- Norway, at 72 Percentage of employees against 51.5 Percentage of employees in Switzerland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain between Norway and Switzerland?
- 20.5 Percentage of employees, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Switzerland?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Norway and Switzerland rank globally for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Norway ranks 10th and Switzerland ranks 13th 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