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Trade union density in Scotland (UK) 1995 to 2017

Trade union density: proportion of employees that were members of a trade union in Scotland from 1995 to 2017

The data displays the percentage of employees that were members of a trade union (trade union density) in Scotland from 1995 to 2017. Over this 23 year period, the percentage fell by a total of 10.9% to 28.1% in 2017.

1995 39
1996 36
1997 36.1
1998 35.1
1999 35.4
2000 34.8
2001 35.3
2002 34.2
2003 34.4
2004 33
2005 34.1
2006 34.4
2007 32.6
2008 32.8
2009 31.8
2010 32.3
2011 29.8
2012 31.7
2013 32
2014 30.4
2015 32
2016 29.3
2017 28.1