Global ranking - Trade union density rate 2016

Description	A trade union is defined as a workers' organization constituted for the purpose of furthering and defending the interests of workers. This trade union density rate conveys the number of union members who are employees as a percentage of the total number of employees. For the purpose of this indicator in particular, trade union membership excludes union members who are not in paid employment (self-employed, unemployed, retired, etc.), unless otherwise stated in the notes.
Unit of measure	%
Aggregate operator	Average

Source: International Labour Office

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Attention, following countries are not included in this rankings: China, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain

	2016
Iceland (1°)	90.40
Denmark (2°)	67.20
Finland (3°)	64.60
Italy (4°)	34.40
Armenia (5°)	32.50
Luxembourg (6°)	32.00
Canada (7°)	28.40
South Africa (8°)	28.10
Israel (9°)	28.00
Austria (10°)	26.90
Slovenia (11°)	26.90
Croatia (12°)	25.80
Ireland (13°)	24.40
Moldova (14°)	23.90
United Kingdom (15°)	23.50
Ghana (16°)	20.60
Chile (17°)	19.60
Costa Rica (18°)	19.40
El Salvador (19°)	19.00
Brazil (20°)	18.90
Greece (21°)	18.60
Japan (22°)	17.30
Netherlands (23°)	17.30
Germany (24°)	17.00
Sri Lanka (25°)	15.30
Australia (26°)	14.50
Bulgaria (27°)	13.70
Mexico (28°)	12.50
Poland (29°)	12.10
Panama (30°)	11.90
United States (31°)	10.30
Colombia (32°)	9.50
Malaysia (33°)	8.80
Hungary (34°)	8.50
Turkey (35°)	8.20
Lithuania (36°)	7.70
Peru (37°)	5.70
Thailand (38°)	3.50
Guatemala (39°)	2.60

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