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Combined Labour Statistics

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Country

Union

membership

density % (1)

Year of union

density

measure (1)

Human

Development

Index 2007 (2)

Human

Development

Index 2006 (2)

Global

competitiveness

ranking 2008 (3)

Afghanistan

Albania 20 2007 68 73 108

Algeria 104 102 99

Angola 162 161

Antigua and Barbuda60 2007 57 59

Argentina 29 2002 38 36 88

Armenia 83 80 97

Australia 19 2007 3 3 18Austria 40 2006 15 14 14

Azerbaijan 98 98 69

Bahamas 49 52

Bahrain 41 39 37

Bangladesh 3 2006 140 137 111

Barbados 26 2002 31 31 47Belarus 64 67

Belgium 53 2006 17 13 19

Belize 11 2004 80 95Benin 163 163 106

Bhutan 133 135

Bolivia 25 2006 117 115 118

Bosnia and Herzegovina 66 62 107

Botswana 20 2006 124 131 56

Brazil 17 2002 70 69 64

Brunei Darussalam 0 2002 30 34 39

Bulgaria 40 2003 53 54 76Burkina Faso 176 174 127

Burundi 167 169 132

Cambodia 1 2006 131 129 109

Cameroon 144 144 114

Canada 30 2006 4 6 10

Cape Verde 102 106

Central African Republic 171 172

Chad 170 171 134

Chile 10 2003 40 38 28China 90 2000 81 81 30

Colombia 5 2005 75 70 74Comoros 134 132

Congo, Republic 139 140

Congo, Democratic Republic 168 167

Costa Rica 15 2002 48 48 59

Cote d'Ivoire 166 164 110

Croatia 47 44 61


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Cuba 51 50

Cyprus 68 2002 28 29 40

Czech Republic 14 2004 32 30 33

Denmark 80 2005 14 15 3

Djibouti 149 148

Dominica 33 2007 71 68

Dominican Republic 10 2002 79 94 98Ecuador 12 2002 89 83 104

Egpyt 112 111 81

El Salvador 20 2003 103 101 79Equatorial Guinea 127 120

Eritrea 157 157

Estonia 11 2005 44 40 32

Ethiopia 169 170 121

Fiji 92 90

Finland 75 2004 11 11 6

France 8 2004 10 16 16

Gabon 119 124

Gambia, The 10 2004 155 155 87Georgia 80 2005 96 97 90

Germany 20 2007 22 21 7

Ghana 7 2001 135 136 102Greece 30 2007 24 24 67

Grenada 52 2007 82 85

Guatemala 5 2001 118 118 84Guinea 160 160

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana 32 2003 97 103 115

Haiti 5 2003 146 154Honduras 14 2003 115 117 82

Hong Kong SAR 22 2002 21 22 11

Hungary 17 2004 36 35 62

Iceland 85 2006 1 2 20India 8 2001 128 126 50

Indonesia 14 2005 107 108 55

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 94 96

Iraq

Ireland 32 2007 5 4 22

Israel 25 2006 23 23 23Italy 34 2003 20 17 49

Jamaica 13 2005 101 104 86

Japan 18 2006 8 7 9

Jordan 30 2003 86 86 48Kazakhstan 31 2002 73 79 66

Kenya 33 2006 148 152 93

Kiribati 10 2006

Korea, North


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Korea, South 10 2005 26 26 13

Kuwait 33 33 35

Kyrgyz Republic 58 2002 116 110 122Lao People's Dem Rep 130 133

Latvia 16 2006 45 45 54

Lebanon 88 78

Lesotho 138 149 123

Liberia

Libya 56 64 91

Lithuania 14 2006 43 41 44

Luxembourg 46 2007 18 12 25

Macao

Macedonia, FYR 69 66 89

Madagascar 5 2000 143 143 125

Malawi 4 2001 164 166 119Malaysia 10 2006 63 61 21

Maldives 0 2007 100 98

Mali 173 175 117

Malta 59 2005 34 32 52

Marshall Islands

Mauritania 23 2002 137 153 131

Mauritius 26 2001 65 63 57

Mexico 25 2002 52 53 60Moldova 80 2005 111 114 95

Mongolia 114 116 100Montenegro 65

Morocco 5 2000 126 123 73

Mozambique 172 168 130

Myanmar 132 130

Namibia 51 2004 125 125 80Nepal 142 138 126

Netherlands 24 2006 9 10 8

New Zealand 21 2004 19 20 24

Nicaragua 110 112 120

Niger 174 177

Nigeria 10 2004 158 159 94

Norway 62 2004 2 1 15

Oman 0 2007 58 56 38

Pakistan 3 2004 136 134 101PalauPalestine (Occupied Territories) 106 100

Panama 11 2005 62 58 58

Papua New Guinea 145 139

Paraguay 15 2000 95 91 124Peru 5 2002 87 82 83

Philippines 11 2007 90 84 71

Poland 16 2006 37 37 53

Portugal 17 2004 29 28 43


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Puerto Rico 14 2002 41

Qatar 0 2004 35 46 26

Romania 30 2005 60 60 68

Russian Federation 67 65 51

Rwanda 5 2004 161 158Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 2007 54 51

Saint Lucia 25 2007 72 71

Saint Vincent and the Grena 11 2007 93 88

Samoa (Western) 77 75

Sao Tome and Principe 123 127

Saudi Arabia 0 2000 61 76 27Senegal 156 156 96

Serbia 85

Serbia and Montenegro

Seychelles 50 47

Sierra Leone 177 176

Singapore 20 2007 25 25 5Slovakia 30 2004 42 42 46

Slovenia 45 2004 27 27 42

Solomon Islands 129 128

South Africa 121 121 45

Spain 15 2005 13 19 29

Sri Lanka 25 2004 99 93 77Sudan 147 141

Suriname 60 2006 85 89 103Swaziland 141 146

Sweden 72 2007 6 5 4Switzerland 25 2005 7 9 2

Syrian Arab Republic 108 107 78

Taiwan, China 36 2006 17

Tajikistan 90 2006 122 122 116

Tanzania 27 2006 159 162 113Thailand 4 2007 78 74 34

Timor-Leste 150 142 129

Togo 152 147

Tonga 55 55

Trinidad and Tobago 20 2005 59 57 92Tunisia 15 2004 91 87 36

Turkey 58 2004 84 92 63Turkmenistan 109 105

Uganda 5 2001 154 145 128Ukraine 76 77 72

United Arab Emirates 0 2004 39 49 31

United Kingdom 28 2007 16 18 12United States 12 2006 12 8 1

Uruguay 16 2000 46 43 75

Uzbekistan 113 113

Vanuatu 40 2006 120 119


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Venezuela 12 2002 74 72 105Vietnam 105 109 70

Yemen 153 150

Zambia 165 165 112

Zimbabwe 151 151 133


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Global

competitiveness

ranking 2006 (3)

98

77

125

70

80

16

18

62

48

92

41

24

107

100

82

57

66

74

114

122

106

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12

121

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94

71

53

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116

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61

91

113

90

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20

42

54

22

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67

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46

50

88


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30

109

44

102

39

25

84

111

117

19

115

51

117

55

52

86

89

65

119

72

105

11

21

101

95

17

83

60

108

78

75

45

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CountryNot

satisfiedUnion

densityFairly

satisfiedVery

satisfiedYear Source

Austria 11.6% 40.0 50% 39% 2000 EWCS (14)

Belgium 12.6% 53.0 56% 31% 2000 EWCS (14)Canada 20.0% 29.7 42% 39% 1997 ISSP (17)Denmark 5.0% 80.0 41% 54% 2000 EWCS (14)Finland 7.0% 75.0 65% 28% 2000 EWCS (14)France 22.3% 8.2 60% 18% 2000 EWCS (14)Germany 14.8% 20.0 60% 25% 2000 EWCS (14)Greece 31.2% 30.0 55% 14% 2000 EWCS (14)

Ireland 5.7% 31.5 45% 50% 2000 EWCS (14)Italy 22.3% 33.7 60% 18% 2000 EWCS (14)Japan 30.0% 18.0 63% 7% 2004 JWRPS (16)Luxembourg 12.0% 46.0 62% 26% 2000 EWCS (14)Netherlands 11.7% 24.4 40% 48% 2000 EWCS (14)New Zealand 16.0% 21.1 43% 41% 1997 ISSP (17)Norway 17.0% 62.0 46% 37% 1997 ISSP (17)

Spain 23.4% 15.0 62% 14% 2000 EWCS (14)Portugal 19.6% 17.0 69% 12% 2000 EWCS (14)Sweden 15.4% 72.0 57% 28% 2000 EWCS (14)Switzerland 10.0% 25.0 37% 53% 1997 ISSP (17)United Kingdom 9.3% 28.0 51% 40% 2000 EWCS (14)United States 12.2% 12.0 38% 49% 2006 GSS (15)

Overall average 16% 35.3 52% 32%

EU average 84% 2000 EWCS (14)

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densityNot satisfied

Fairly or verysatisfied

Not at allsatisfied

Not verysatisfied

Dissatisfied Neither

100% 40.0 12% 88% 1% 11%

100% 53.0 13% 87% 3% 9%101% 29.7 20% 81% 8% 12%100% 80.0 5% 95% 1% 4%100% 75.0 7% 93% 1% 6%100% 8.2 22% 78% 5% 18%100% 20.0 15% 85% 2% 13%100% 30.0 31% 69% 5% 26%

100% 31.5 6% 94% 1% 5%100% 33.7 22% 78% 5% 18%100% 18.0 30% 70% 4% 26%100% 46.0 12% 88% 2% 11%100% 24.4 12% 88% 2% 10%100% 21.1 16% 84% 7% 9%100% 62.0 17% 83% 5% 12%

100% 15.0 23% 77% 4% 19%100% 17.0 20% 80% 3% 16%100% 72.0 15% 85% 5% 10%100% 25.0 10% 90% 3% 7%100% 28.0 9% 91% 3% 6%100% 12.0 12% 88% 4% 8%

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Fairlysatisfied

Verysatisfied

Completelysatisfied

50% 39%

56% 31%42% 32% 7%41% 54%65% 28%60% 18%60% 25%55% 14%

45% 50%60% 18%63% 7%62% 26%40% 48%43% 29% 12%46% 27% 10%

62% 14%69% 12%57% 28%37% 41% 12%51% 40%38% 49%

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References and Sources

(7) The Gender Gap Rankings are based on a weighting of the World Economic Forum's measuremequality with men in five critical areas: economic participation, economic opportunity, political empow

report (2005) is available here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/16_05_05_gender_gap.pd

(8) OECD Estimates of Labour Productivity for 2004 (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/31/7/29880166.pFigure is based on GDP per hour worked, and benchmarked against the US $100 value.

(9) The Satisfaction With Life Index records the average self-reported happiness (subjective life satishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfaction_with_Life_Index and http://www.le.ac.uk/users/aw57/world/sa

(10) This data relates to the "total tax wedge" as a percentage of labour costs deducted for income tathe OECD Economic Outlook 79, June 2006. The figures are based on the average single worker wit

(11) UNECE Statistical Division database, compiled from national and international information sourc

http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=60_MECCWagesY_r&ti=Gross+Average+Monthlyand+Year&path=../DATABASE/Stat/2-ME/3-MELF/&lang=1

(12) Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2008. The report, with commentary, tables and m

(1) These statistics are "clickable", and will take you to the source. Union density is generally taken tHowever there are many shades of grey, if not a widespread psychedelia, in the way details are derivyear for the figure, based on publication date, other references cited, and/or context. Where the link t

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/labourstat.htm, this is so that you can respreadsheet, as noted on that page. This document cites hard copy references, most of which are fro

(2) These figures are from the United Nations Development Programme's "Human Development Rephttp://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2006/ and here: http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007development: health and life expectancy; literacy and education; and standard of living. Note: In 200

development aggregates because the HDI cannot be computed for them: Afghanistan, Andorra, Iraq,

Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of ), Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Pal

(3) The Global Competitiveness figure takes into account: Institutions, Infrastructure, Macroeconomy,Market efficiency, Technological readiness, Business sophistication and Innovation. Details from thehttp://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/gcr_2007/gcr2007_rankings.pavailable from http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global Competitiveness Report/PastReports

commentary, nor the methodology used.

(4) The "Ease of Doing Business" ranking is an employer-centric way of looking at national industrialcomposed of sub-indices such as "Difficulty of Hiring", "Rigidity of Hours", "Firing costs" etc. The dathttp://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreTopics/EmployingWorkers/ (Note - we have not included their

these are aggregations, rather than national figures.

(5) The Corruption Perceptions Index is taken from the annual Global Corruption Report, published bCopies of the report can be downloaded from www.transparency.org/publications/annual_report

(6) Source: OECD Annual Hours Worked and Productivity databases


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(16) Japanese Worker Representation and Participation Survey http://people.colgate.edu/tkato/tpls

(17) International Social Survey Programme

(13) The total tax rate is presented in Appendix 1.4 of Paying Taxes 2008, calculated by the World Bhttp://www.doingbusiness.org/features/taxes2008.aspx We have omitted the figure for Micronesia, a

(14) EWCS refers to the European Foundation's European Working Conditions Survey, and in partichttp://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/4EWCS/ef0698/chapter10.pdf

(15) General Social Surveys (GSSs) conducted by the National Opinion Research Center/University

news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/pdf/070827.jobs.pdf


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nts of the extent to which women in 58 countries have achievederment, educational attainment, and health and well-being. The full

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df) and 2005 (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/40/29867116.xls)

faction) in different nations. It is available from heremple.html

x and social security costs. It is taken from Country Submissions tohout children.

es (CIS, EUROSTAT, IMF, OECD). See

Wages+%28US%24%2C+at+current+XRs%29%2C+by+Country+

thodology, is available here: http://www.eiu.com/index.asp?rf=0

mean unionised workers as a percentage of the workforce.ed and combined. At times we have also had to guess at the exactakes you to

uest a copy of the ILO Bureau of Statistics Union Membershipm statistical yearbooks.

ort" from 2006 and 2007, which are available here:-2008/. The index ranks countries according to three criteria ofThe following UN member countries are not included in the human

Kiribati, Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of), Liberia,

u, San Marino, Serbia, Somalia and Tuvalu.

Health and primary education, Higher education and training,2007 Global Competitiveness Report are available fromdf. The 2006 Global Competitiveness Report (and earlier ones) are

/index.htm. New Unionism does not necessarily agree with the

relations. It is compiled by the Doing Business Project, and isused is available from here:ntry for Micronesia (at 128) nor West Bank and Gaza (at 117) as

Transparency International. It is based on population surveys.


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Total number of countries listed: 190 Total number of couNumber of countries in the world: 194 Number of countriesNumber for which post-2000 union density listed: 112 Number for which poAverage union density: 25.4 Average union densi

Development Index 2006 / Union Density correlation Democracy Index 20

Top 5 56.6 Top 5Top 10 39.3 Top 10Top 20 39.7 Top 20Top 30 35.4 Top 30Top 40 32.5 Top 40Top 50 29.1 Top 50

Total number of countries listed: 190Number of countries in the world: 194Number for which post-2000 union density listed: 112

Average union density: 25.4

Competitiveness Index 2008 / Union Density correlation

Top 5 41.8Top 10 37.6Top 20 37.0

Top 30 32.9Top 40 29.0Top 50 28.2

These tables have been prepared at different times, accessing former sets of dretained, rather than the formulas. To get the latest figures, we recommend yo

Note: we have 4 countries missing from the top 50 dataset, so have

taken the next 4 for which we have data

Note: we have 4 cou

taken the next 4 for

Note: we have 4 countries missing from the top 50 dataset, so have

taken the next 4 for which we have data


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tries listed: 190in the world: 194st-2000 union density listed: 112ty: 25.4

8 / Union Density correlation

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ata in the main table, and so the values have beenreinstate the formulas on the new data.

ntries missing from the top 50 dataset, so have

hich we have data

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