Australia vs Spain: Trade union density
Trade union density over time
- Australia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 12.5 Percentage of employees against 12.2 Percentage of employees in Australia, a difference of 0.3 Percentage of employees.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 25th and Spain ranks 24th of 31 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.4 Percentage of employees | 32.9 Percentage of employees | 16.5 Percentage of employees | Australia |
| 1980s | 46.18 Percentage of employees | 11.11 Percentage of employees | 35.07 Percentage of employees | Australia |
| 1990s | 34.34 Percentage of employees | 15.25 Percentage of employees | 19.09 Percentage of employees | Australia |
| 2000s | 21.82 Percentage of employees | 15.09 Percentage of employees | 6.73 Percentage of employees | Australia |
| 2010s | 16.51 Percentage of employees | 15.3 Percentage of employees | 1.21 Percentage of employees | Australia |
| 2020s | 12.6 Percentage of employees | 13.1 Percentage of employees | 0.5 Percentage of employees | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher trade union density, Australia or Spain?
- Spain, at 12.5 Percentage of employees against 12.2 Percentage of employees in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in trade union density between Australia and Spain?
- 0.3 Percentage of employees, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Spain rank globally for trade union density?
- Australia ranks 25th and Spain ranks 24th of 31 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Trade union density. 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