Trade Union Membership

Share of adults who are currently members of a trade union, harmonized across survey projects. SDR2 pooled waves.

Source: SDR2 โ€” Survey Data Recycling (Harvard Dataverse) Licence: SDR2 terms โ€” public aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source โ†—

Period: Pooled harmonized waves (to ~2017). Method: SDR2 harmonization across 22 survey projects; weighted by T_WEIGHT_L2U; country mean of the harmonized target item.

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Avg (2017)
14.0%
single period
Improving
0
of 120 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
120
ยฑ0.5pp band

Share who are union members

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Trade Union Membership โ€” full ranking

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120 entities, 2017. Highest first.
#EntityShare who are union members
1๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland67.5%
2๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark61.1%
3๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden58.2%
4๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland50.3%
5๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway47.6%
6๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus39.2%
7๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali37.8%
8๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait32.4%
9๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya28.7%
10๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium26.2%
11๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg26.2%
12๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus25.1%
13๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania, United Republic of25.1%
14๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation25.1%
15๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine23.9%
16๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia23.3%
17๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal23.3%
18๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria22.9%
19๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands22.8%
20๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam22.7%
21๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria22.6%
22๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana22.3%
23๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia20.2%
24๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi20.1%
25๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda20.1%
26๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada19.8%
27๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia19.5%
28๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar19%
29๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel18.9%
30๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland18.5%
31๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan, Province of China18.1%
32๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary17.3%
33๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia16.9%
34๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand16.5%
35๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia, Plurinational State of16.4%
36๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin16.2%
37๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand16.1%
38๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy16%
39๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique15.7%
40๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany15.1%
41๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom14.7%
42๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana14.6%
43๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland14.5%
44๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia14.4%
45๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan14.3%
46๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia14%
47๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania13.9%
48๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen13.7%
49๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe13.5%
50๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia13.3%
51๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde12.7%
52๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan12.4%
53๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India12.4%
54๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine, State of12.4%
55๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan12.1%
56๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia11.9%
57๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho11.6%
58๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic11.3%
59๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France11.2%
60๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan10.8%
61๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay10.7%
62๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria10.5%
63๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic10.5%
64๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America10.2%
65๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname10.2%
66๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan10.1%
67๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia10%
68๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya9.5%
69๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China9.3%
70๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa9.3%
71๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh9.2%
72๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia9.2%
73๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain8.6%
74๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland8.6%
75๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico8.5%
76๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal8.3%
77๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan8.2%
78๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova, Republic of8.1%
79๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece8%
80๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil7.7%
81๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania7.3%
82๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan6.9%
83๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta6.8%
84๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korea, Republic of6.6%
85๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania6.6%
86๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile6.6%
87๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of6.6%
88๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt6%
89๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of5.9%
90๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama5.7%
91๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina5.6%
92๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq5.6%
93๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras5.5%
94๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina5.4%
95๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru5.3%
96๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia5.3%
97๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia5.1%
98๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon5%
99๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro4.9%
100๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore4.6%
101๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica4.6%
102๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico4.4%
103๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay4.2%
104๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador4.1%
105๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan3.9%
106๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala3.9%
107๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua3.8%
108๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador3.7%
109๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco3.7%
110๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia3.3%
111๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar3.2%
112๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey3%
113๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria2.9%
114๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia2.9%
115๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines2.5%
116๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong2.3%
117๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia2.2%
118๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia1.6%
119๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia1.5%
120๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia1.4%