Labor Unions: countries with highest share of workforce unionized worldwide

Countries with the highest percentage share of their workforce being members of labor unions worldwide as of 2020

Country and year of most recent figurePercentage of workforce unionized
Iceland (2019) 91.4
Cuba (2008) 81.4
Denmark (2019) 67
Sweden (2019) 65.2
Finland (2019) 58.8
Norway (2019) 50.4
Vietnam (2018) 49.6
Belgium (2019) 49.1
Kazakhstan (2017) 46.9
China (2017) 44.2
Cyprus (2016) 43.3
Malta (2020) 41.9
Tunisia (2019) 38.1
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May 2022

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Survey time period

2008 to 2020

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Union density is calculated as the share of the employed workforce who are members of trade unions. Unemployed workers who are also members of unions are not counted in this calculation.

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