Country ranking for field: labor force Organized labor 1992

Other rankings:

1	United States	16568000
2	Brazil	13000000 dues paying members
3	Labor Congress	3520000 wage earners belong to 42 recognized trade unions which come under a single national labor federation - the Nigerian
4	Argentina	3000000; 28% of labor force
5	Philippines	3000000
6	Indonesia	3000000 members
7	Taiwan	2728000 or about 44%
8	Egypt	2500000
9	Central Committee	1600000 members; single-trade union system coordinated by the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea under the
10	Colombia	984000 members
11	New Zealand	681000 members; 43% of labor force
12	Malaysia	640000; 10% of total labor force
13	Ghana	467000
14	Trade Unions	425000 members of the Central Council of Mongolian
15	Kenya	390000
16	Thailand	309000 union members
17	Lebanon	250000 members
18	Mozambique Workers' Organization	225000 workers belong to a single union the
19	Singapore	210000; 16	.1% of labor force
20	Cyprus	156000
21	Central	150000-200000 concentrated in mining industry construction and transportation; mostly organized under Bolivian Workers'
22	Uganda	125000 union members
23	Confederation of Puerto Rican Workers with 35000 members	115000 members in 4 unions; the largest is the General
24	Luxembourg	100000
25	Suriname	49000 members of labor force
26	Workers' Union	30000 members claimed by single union Mauritanian
27	Bermuda	8573 members
28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6700
29	Monaco	4000 members in 35 unions
30	Workers	3000 railway workers General Union of Djiboutian
31	Israel	90% of labor force
32	U.S. Virgin Islands	90% of the government labor force
33	Sweden	80% of labor force
34	Finland	80% of labor force
35	Belgium	70% of labor force
36	Norway	66% of labor force
37	Denmark	65% of labor force
38	Federation has 1644408 members	60	.1% of work force; the Austrian Trade Union
39	Iceland	60% of labor force
40	Ireland	58% of labor force
41	Germany	47% of labor force
42	Trade Unions	45-55% of labor force; Central Council of Hungarian
43	Italy	40-45% of labor force
44	Honduras	40% of urban labor force 20% of rural work force
45	United Kingdom	40% of labor force
46	Australia	40% of labor force
47	Sierra Leone	35% of wage earners
48	Mauritius	35% of labor force in more than 270 unions
49	Mexico	35% of labor force
50	Nicaragua	35% of labor force
51	Guyana	34% of labor force
52	Venezuela	32% of labor force
53	Barbados	32% of labor force
54	Canada	30	.6% of labor force; 39
55	Montserrat	30% of labor force three trade unions with 1500 members
56	The Netherlands	29% of labor force
57	Dominica	25% of labor force
58	The Bahamas	25% of labor force
59	Jamaica	24% of labor force
60	South Korea	23	.4%
61	Isle of Man	22 labor unions patterned along British lines
62	Trinidad and Tobago	22% of labor force
63	France	20% of labor force
64	Grenada	20% of labor force
65	Congo	20% of labor force
66	Namibia	20 trade unions representing about 90000 workers
67	Côte d'Ivoire	20% of wage labor force
68	Saint Lucia	20% of labor force
69	Switzerland	20% of labor force
70	Botswana	19 trade unions
71	Zimbabwe	17% of wage and salary earners have union membership
72	Panama	17% of labor force
73	Algerian Workers	16-19% of labor force claimed; General Union of
74	Hong Kong	16% of labor force
75	Costa Rica	15	.1% of labor force
76	Tanzania	15% of labor force
77	Guam	13% of labor force
78	Chile	13% of labor force
79	Belize	12% of labor force; 7 unions currently active
80	Dominican Republic	12% of labor force
81	Guadeloupe	11% of labor force
82	Martinique	11% of labor force
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10% of labor force
84	Greece	10-15% of total labor force 20-25% of urban labor force
85	Turkey	10% of labor force
86	Guatemala	8% of labor force
87	Workers' Union Vanuatu Airline Workers' Union	7 registered trade unions - largest include Oil and Gas
88	Syria	5% of labor force
89	Madagascar	4% of labor force
90	Liberia	2% of labor force
91	Brunei	2% of labor force
92	Central African Republic	1% of labor force
93	Cabo Verde	Trade Unions of Cape Verde Unity Center
94	Bulgaria	Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria
95	Swaziland	about 10% of wage earners
96	Svalbard	none
97	Burkina Faso	four principal trade union groups represent less than 1% of population
98	Sudan	trade unions suspended following 30 June 1989 coup; now in process of being legalized anew
99	Sri Lanka	about 30% of labor force over 50% of which are employed on tea rubber and coconut estates
100	Spain	less 10% of labor force
101	Burundi	sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers
102	South Africa	about 17% of total labor force belongs to a registered trade union
103	Somalia	General Federation of Somali Trade Unions was controlled by the government prior to January 1991; the fall of SIAD regime may have led to collapse of Trade Union organization
104	Solomon Islands	NA but most of the cash-economy workers have trade union representation
105	Slovenia	NA
106	India	less than 5% of the labor force
107	Cambodia	Kampuchea Federation of Trade Unions
108	British Virgin Islands	NA% of labor force
109	Serbia and Montenegro	NA
110	National Confederation of Senegalese Labor	majority of wage-labor force represented by unions; however dues-paying membership very limited; major confederation is
111	Saudi Arabia	trade unions are illegal
112	San Marino	Democratic Federation of Sanmarinese Workers
113	Cameroon	under 45% of wage labor force
114	Cayman Islands	Global Seaman's Union; Cayman All Trade Union
115	Saint Helena	Saint Helena General Workers' Union 472 members; crafts 17% professional and technical 10% service 10% management and clerical 9% farming and fishing 9% transport 6% sales 5% and other 34%
116	Rwanda	NA
117	Russia	NA
118	Romania	until December 1989 a single trade union system organized by the General Confederation of Romanian Trade Unions
119	Qatar	trade unions are illegal
120	Chad	about 20% of wage labor force
121	Seychelles	three major trade unions
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA
123	Poland	trade union pluralism
124	Ukraine	NA
125	Zambia	about 238000 wage earners are unionized
126	Confederation of Workers of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen had 35000 members	North - NA; South - 348200 and the General
127	Western Sahara	NA
128	West Bank	NA
129	Wallis and Futuna	NA
130	Vietnam	reportedly over 90% of wage and salary earners are members of the Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions
131	American Samoa	NA
132	Andorra	none
133	Uzbekistan	NA
134	Confederation	Interunion Workers' Assembly/National Workers'
135	Angola	about 450695
136	Anguilla	NA
137	United Arab Emirates	trade unions are illegal
138	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association
139	Tajikistan	NA
140	Armenia	NA
141	Tuvalu	none
142	Turks and Caicos Islands	Saint George's Industrial Trade Union
143	Turkmenistan	NA
144	Aruba	Aruban Workers' Federation
145	Tunisia	about 360000 members claimed roughly 20% of labor force; General Union of Tunisian Workers
146	Azerbaijan	NA
147	Tonga	none
148	Tokelau	NA
149	Togo	Federation of Togolese Workers
150	Bahrain	General Committee for Bahrain Workers exists in only eight major designated companies
151	Belarus	NA
152	Benin	about 75% of wage earners
153	Bhutan	not permitted
154	General Confederation of Portuguese Workers - Intersindical	about 55% of the labor force; the Communist-dominated
155	Pitcairn Islands	NA
156	Iran	none
157	Latvia	NA
158	Mali	National Union of Malian Workers
159	Maldives	none
160	French Polynesia	NA
161	Malawi	small minority of wage earners are unionized
162	Gabon	there are 38000 members of the national trade union the Gabonese Trade Union Confederation
163	Macau	none
164	Gaza Strip	NA
165	Lithuania; Union of Workers	Lithuanian Trade Union Association; Labor Federation of
166	Liechtenstein	NA
167	General Union for Oil and Petrochemicals; Pan-Africa Federation of Petroleum	National Trade Unions' Federation 275000 members;
168	Confederation of Trade Unions	Independent Trade Union Federation of Albania;
169	Lesotho	there are two trade union federations; the government favors formation of a single umbrella trade union confederation
170	Georgia	NA
171	Communist party	Lao Federation of Trade Unions is subordinate to the
172	Marshall Islands	none
173	Kyrgyzstan	NA
174	Kuwait	labor unions exist in oil industry and among government personnel
175	Kiribati	Kiribati Trades Union Congress - 2500 members
176	Gibraltar	over 6000
177	Kazakhstan	official trade unions independent coal miners' union
178	Jordan	about 10% of labor force
179	Jersey	none
180	Japan	about 29% of employed workers; public service 76	.4% transportation and telecommunications 57
181	Guernsey	NA
182	Guinea-Bissau	only one trade union - the National Union of Workers of
183	Guinea	virtually 100% of wage earners loosely affiliated with the National Confederation of Guinean Workers
184	Haiti	NA
185	Holy See	Association of Vatican Lay Workers 1800 members
186	Iraq	less than 10% of the labor force
187	Malta	about 40% of labor force
188	Fiji	about 45000 employees belong to some 46 trade unions which are organized along lines of work and ethnic origin
189	China	All-China Federation of Trade Unions
190	Croatia	NA
191	Peru	about 40% of salaried workers
192	Paraguay	about 2% of labor force
193	Papua New Guinea	more than 50 trade unions some with fewer than 20 members
194	Christmas Island	NA
195	Pakistan	about 10% of industrial work force
196	Oman	trade unions are illegal
197	Cocos Islands	none
198	Northern Mariana Islands	NA
199	Comoros	NA
200	Norfolk Island	NA
201	Niue	NA
202	Cook Islands	NA
203	Niger	negligible
204	Cuba	Workers Central Union of Cuba
205	Federated States of Micronesia	NA
206	New Caledonia	NA
207	Nepal	Teachers' Union and many other nonofficially recognized unions
208	Nauru	NA
209	Ecuador	less than 15% of labor force
210	Myanmar	Workers' Asiayone
211	El Salvador	total labor force 15%; agricultural labor force 10%; urban labor force 7%
212	Moroccan Workers	about 5% of the labor force mainly in the Union of
213	Equatorial Guinea	no formal trade unions
214	Estonia	NA
215	January 1977 to represent 273000 registered trade union members; was dissolved when the TGE came to power; labor code of 1975 is being redrafted	All Ethiopian Trade Union formed by the government in
216	Moldova	NA
217	Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands General Employees Union 400 members
218	Mayotte	NA
219	Faroe Islands	NA
220	Afghanistan	some small government-controlled unions existed under the former regime but probably now have disbanded

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