Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain in Netherlands
Netherlands: Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain was 72.1 Percentage of employees in 2024. ▼ Falling
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain in Netherlands, 1960–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of employees.
Analysis
In 2024, collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain in Netherlands stood at 72.1 Percentage of employees.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain in Netherlands peaked at 93.2 Percentage of employees in 2002 and was at its lowest, 66.9 Percentage of employees, in 2006.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage of employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 80.8 Percentage of employees | — |
| 1966 | 84.4 Percentage of employees | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 79.6 Percentage of employees | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 76.2 Percentage of employees | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 78.1 Percentage of employees | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 81.1 Percentage of employees | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 82 Percentage of employees | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 86.3 Percentage of employees | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 86.4 Percentage of employees | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 84.6 Percentage of employees | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 85.1 Percentage of employees | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 84.9 Percentage of employees | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 86.1 Percentage of employees | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 86.2 Percentage of employees | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 81.7 Percentage of employees | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 79.2 Percentage of employees | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 77 Percentage of employees | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 80.2 Percentage of employees | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 82 Percentage of employees | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 81.5 Percentage of employees | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 82.3 Percentage of employees | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 82.7 Percentage of employees | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 80.1 Percentage of employees | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 82 Percentage of employees | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 86 Percentage of employees | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 93.2 Percentage of employees | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 80.8 Percentage of employees | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 86.1 Percentage of employees | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 87.3 Percentage of employees | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 66.9 Percentage of employees | -23.4% |
| 2007 | 78.5 Percentage of employees | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 77.9 Percentage of employees | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 82.5 Percentage of employees | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 86.2 Percentage of employees | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 82.4 Percentage of employees | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 81.2 Percentage of employees | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 81.8 Percentage of employees | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 81.5 Percentage of employees | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 75.2 Percentage of employees | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 74.9 Percentage of employees | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 72.6 Percentage of employees | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 71.8 Percentage of employees | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 70.7 Percentage of employees | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 72.6 Percentage of employees | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 70.5 Percentage of employees | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 70.9 Percentage of employees | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 73.1 Percentage of employees | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 72.1 Percentage of employees | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.6 Percentage of employees | 80.8 Percentage of employees | 84.4 Percentage of employees | 2 |
| 1970s | 81.39 Percentage of employees | 76.2 Percentage of employees | 86.4 Percentage of employees | 7 |
| 1980s | 82.7 Percentage of employees | 77 Percentage of employees | 86.2 Percentage of employees | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.65 Percentage of employees | 80.1 Percentage of employees | 82.7 Percentage of employees | 4 |
| 2000s | 82.12 Percentage of employees | 66.9 Percentage of employees | 93.2 Percentage of employees | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.83 Percentage of employees | 70.7 Percentage of employees | 86.2 Percentage of employees | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.84 Percentage of employees | 70.5 Percentage of employees | 73.1 Percentage of employees | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 1 Italy 100 Percentage of employees compare
- 1 Belgium 100 Percentage of employees compare
- 1 Slovenia 83.1 Percentage of employees compare
- 3 Austria 98 Percentage of employees compare
- 3 France 98 Percentage of employees compare
- 3 Lithuania 29 Percentage of employees compare
- 4 Latvia 25.8 Percentage of employees compare
- 5 Iceland 90 Percentage of employees compare
- 5 Türkiye 12.7 Percentage of employees compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain in Netherlands?
- Collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain in Netherlands was 72.1 Percentage of employees in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 93.2 Percentage of employees in 2002.
- What is the lowest collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.9 Percentage of employees in 2006.
- How does Netherlands rank for collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain?
- Netherlands ranks 2nd out of 6 countries with data for 2024.
- Is collective bargaining coverage — employees with the right to bargain rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Collective bargaining coverage — Employees with the right to bargain. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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