This statistic shows the percentage of employees that were members of a trade union (trade union density) in Ireland from 2000 to 2014. Over this 15 year period, the percentage fell by a total of 10.6 percentage points.
Trade union density: percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Ireland from 2000 to 2014
Characteristic
Percentage of employees
2014
27.4%
2013
29.59%
2012
31.23%
2011
32.6%
2010
32.69%
2009
33.08%
2008
31.93%
2007
31.47%
2006
32.35%
2005
33.96%
2004
35.5%
2003
37.41%
2002
36.12%
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OECD. (March 24, 2017). Trade union density: percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Ireland from 2000 to 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/416166/trade-union-density-ireland-y-on-y/
OECD. "Trade union density: percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Ireland from 2000 to 2014." Chart. March 24, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/416166/trade-union-density-ireland-y-on-y/
OECD. (2017). Trade union density: percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Ireland from 2000 to 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/416166/trade-union-density-ireland-y-on-y/
OECD. "Trade Union Density: Percentage of Employees That Were Members of a Trade Union in Ireland from 2000 to 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/416166/trade-union-density-ireland-y-on-y/
OECD, Trade union density: percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Ireland from 2000 to 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/416166/trade-union-density-ireland-y-on-y/ (last visited March 13, 2025)
Trade union density: percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Ireland from 2000 to 2014 [Graph], OECD, March 24, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/416166/trade-union-density-ireland-y-on-y/
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