23-4  Basic Statistics on Trade Unions
Year	Number of	Membership and Staff and Workers in Grassroot				Number of
	Grassroot Trade	Trade Unions (10 000 persons)				Full-time Personnel
	Unions	Staff and		Membership		of Trade Unions
	(10 000 units)	Workers	Female		Female	(10 000 persons)
1952	20.7	1393.2		1002.3		5.3
1957	16.5	2158.3		1746.7
1962	16.5	2667.1		1922.0		8.6
1978
1979	32.9	6897.2	2171.7	5147.3		17.9
1980	37.6	7448.2	2518.6	6116.5		24.3
1981	41.1	8183.0	2902.0	6843.9	2412.8	29.1
1982	43.3	8586.6	3065.9	7331.6	2629.3	32.2
1983	44.7	8845.7	3191.8	7693.4	2771.4	33.7
1984	46.6	9243.9	3370.3	8029.1	2950.3	41.9
1985	46.5	9643.0	3596.7	8525.8	3149.2	38.1
1986	50.2	9949.6	3664.3	8908.5	3309.2	45.9
1987	53.6	10411.8	3900.4	9336.5	3486.9	47.0
1988	56.4	10747.4	4434.9	9628.9	3647.0	47.4
1989	58.9	10998.6	4178.7	9909.2	3777.7	48.8
1990	60.6	11156.9	4291.0	10135.6	3897.7	55.6
1991	61.4	11351.4	4394.8	10389.1	3991.6	58.0
1992	61.7	11223.9	4377.1	10322.5	3974.0	58.0
1993	62.7	11103.8	4359.9	10176.1	3949.6	55.4
1994	58.3	11269.6	4483.2	10202.5	4018.1	56.0
1995	59.3	11321.4	4515.3	10399.6	4116.5	46.8
1996	58.6	11181.4	4500.0	10211.9	4093.1	60.5
1997	51.0	10111.5	4004.8	9131.0	3579.4	57.7
1998	50.4	9716.5	3882.0	8913.4	3546.7	48.4
1999	50.9	9683.0	3797.9	8689.9	3406.2	49.7
2000	85.9	11472.1	4534.5	10361.5	3917.3	48.2
2001	153.8	12997.0	5087.9	12152.3	4696.6
2002	171.3	14461.5	5157.6	13397.8	4665.2	47.2
2003	90.6	13301.6	5079.3	12340.5	4601.2	46.5
2004	102.0	14436.7	5502.6	13694.9	5135.3	45.6
2005	117.4	15985.3	6016.3	15029.4	5574.8	47.7
2006	132.4	18143.6	6719.3	16994.2	6177.8	54.3
a) Since 2003, statistical coverage of the number of grassroot trade unions has been adjusted.