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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| # | Entity | Share who are union members |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland | 67.5% |
| 2 | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark | 61.1% |
| 3 | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden | 58.2% |
| 4 | ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland | 50.3% |
| 5 | ๐ณ๐ด Norway | 47.6% |
| 6 | ๐ง๐พ Belarus | 39.2% |
| 7 | ๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali | 37.8% |
| 8 | ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait | 32.4% |
| 9 | ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya | 28.7% |
| 10 | ๐ง๐ช Belgium | 26.2% |
| 11 | ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg | 26.2% |
| 12 | ๐จ๐พ Cyprus | 25.1% |
| 13 | ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania, United Republic of | 25.1% |
| 14 | ๐ท๐บ Russian Federation | 25.1% |
| 15 | ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine | 23.9% |
| 16 | ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia | 23.3% |
| 17 | ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal | 23.3% |
| 18 | ๐ฆ๐น Austria | 22.9% |
| 19 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 22.8% |
| 20 | ๐ป๐ณ Viet Nam | 22.7% |
| 21 | ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria | 22.6% |
| 22 | ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana | 22.3% |
| 23 | ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia | 20.2% |
| 24 | ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi | 20.1% |
| 25 | ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda | 20.1% |
| 26 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 19.8% |
| 27 | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | 19.5% |
| 28 | ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar | 19% |
| 29 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | 18.9% |
| 30 | ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland | 18.5% |
| 31 | ๐น๐ผ Taiwan, Province of China | 18.1% |
| 32 | ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | 17.3% |
| 33 | ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia | 16.9% |
| 34 | ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand | 16.5% |
| 35 | ๐ง๐ด Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16.4% |
| 36 | ๐ง๐ฏ Benin | 16.2% |
| 37 | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | 16.1% |
| 38 | ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 16% |
| 39 | ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique | 15.7% |
| 40 | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 15.1% |
| 41 | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 14.7% |
| 42 | ๐ง๐ผ Botswana | 14.6% |
| 43 | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | 14.5% |
| 44 | ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia | 14.4% |
| 45 | ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 14.3% |
| 46 | ๐ญ๐ท Croatia | 14% |
| 47 | ๐ท๐ด Romania | 13.9% |
| 48 | ๐พ๐ช Yemen | 13.7% |
| 49 | ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe | 13.5% |
| 50 | ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia | 13.3% |
| 51 | ๐จ๐ป Cape Verde | 12.7% |
| 52 | ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan | 12.4% |
| 53 | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 12.4% |
| 54 | ๐ต๐ธ Palestine, State of | 12.4% |
| 55 | ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan | 12.1% |
| 56 | ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia | 11.9% |
| 57 | ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho | 11.6% |
| 58 | ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic | 11.3% |
| 59 | ๐ซ๐ท France | 11.2% |
| 60 | ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan | 10.8% |
| 61 | ๐บ๐พ Uruguay | 10.7% |
| 62 | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | 10.5% |
| 63 | ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic | 10.5% |
| 64 | ๐บ๐ธ United States of America | 10.2% |
| 65 | ๐ธ๐ท Suriname | 10.2% |
| 66 | ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan | 10.1% |
| 67 | ๐ช๐ช Estonia | 10% |
| 68 | ๐ฑ๐พ Libya | 9.5% |
| 69 | ๐จ๐ณ China | 9.3% |
| 70 | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | 9.3% |
| 71 | ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh | 9.2% |
| 72 | ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | 9.2% |
| 73 | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | 8.6% |
| 74 | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | 8.6% |
| 75 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | 8.5% |
| 76 | ๐ต๐น Portugal | 8.3% |
| 77 | ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan | 8.2% |
| 78 | ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova, Republic of | 8.1% |
| 79 | ๐ฌ๐ท Greece | 8% |
| 80 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 7.7% |
| 81 | ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | 7.3% |
| 82 | ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan | 6.9% |
| 83 | ๐ฒ๐น Malta | 6.8% |
| 84 | ๐ฐ๐ท Korea, Republic of | 6.6% |
| 85 | ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | 6.6% |
| 86 | ๐จ๐ฑ Chile | 6.6% |
| 87 | ๐ฒ๐ฐ Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of | 6.6% |
| 88 | ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt | 6% |
| 89 | ๐ป๐ช Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.9% |
| 90 | ๐ต๐ฆ Panama | 5.7% |
| 91 | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | 5.6% |
| 92 | ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq | 5.6% |
| 93 | ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras | 5.5% |
| 94 | ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.4% |
| 95 | ๐ต๐ช Peru | 5.3% |
| 96 | ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia | 5.3% |
| 97 | ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia | 5.1% |
| 98 | ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon | 5% |
| 99 | ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro | 4.9% |
| 100 | ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore | 4.6% |
| 101 | ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica | 4.6% |
| 102 | ๐ต๐ท Puerto Rico | 4.4% |
| 103 | ๐ต๐พ Paraguay | 4.2% |
| 104 | ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador | 4.1% |
| 105 | ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan | 3.9% |
| 106 | ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala | 3.9% |
| 107 | ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua | 3.8% |
| 108 | ๐ช๐จ Ecuador | 3.7% |
| 109 | ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco | 3.7% |
| 110 | ๐จ๐ด Colombia | 3.3% |
| 111 | ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar | 3.2% |
| 112 | ๐น๐ท Turkey | 3% |
| 113 | ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria | 2.9% |
| 114 | ๐น๐ณ Tunisia | 2.9% |
| 115 | ๐ต๐ญ Philippines | 2.5% |
| 116 | ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong | 2.3% |
| 117 | ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia | 2.2% |
| 118 | ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia | 1.6% |
| 119 | ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia | 1.5% |
| 120 | ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia | 1.4% |