Accidents at work by sex, age and severity (NACE Rev. 2 activity A, C-N) by country

Countries reporting
31
Highest
636,807
Germany
Lowest
1,002
Iceland
Median
20,500
Years covered
16
2008–2023
Data points
530

What the numbers show

Accidents at work by sex, age and severity (NACE Rev. 2 activity A, C-N) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 636,807 in Germany; the lowest is 1,002 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 20,500, and the mean is 77,005.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 636.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 63.1%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 51.2%).

Accidents at work by sex, age and severity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 636,807 2023 down 12.1% falling
2 France 409,704 2023 down 7.0% falling
3 Spain 390,644 2023 up 42.6% falling
4 Italy 218,925 2023 down 18.8% falling
5 United Kingdom 143,053 2018 down 22.1% falling
6 Portugal 103,482 2023 down 3.4% falling
7 Switzerland 82,054 2023 up 12.4% rising
8 Netherlands 60,054 2023 down 44.4% falling
9 Poland 48,281 2023 down 19.4% falling
10 Austria 46,847 2023 down 14.0% falling
11 Belgium 41,137 2023 down 12.0% falling
12 Sweden 30,257 2023 up 24.4% rising
13 Denmark 29,940 2023 down 8.9% falling
14 Czechia 26,113 2023 down 26.0% falling
15 Finland 24,081 2023 down 32.2% falling
16 Hungary 20,500 2023 up 33.1% rising
17 Ireland 15,318 2023 up 13.9% rising
18 Slovenia 11,017 2023 up 8.7% falling
19 Norway 7,881 2023 down 32.7% volatile
20 Croatia 7,044 2023 down 21.1% falling
21 Slovak Republic 6,620 2023 down 11.4% falling
22 Luxembourg 5,282 2023 down 13.7% falling
23 Greece 4,248 2023 down 51.2% volatile
24 Estonia 4,119 2023 down 23.2% falling
25 Lithuania 4,073 2023 up 63.1% rising
26 Romania 2,794 2023 down 9.6% flat
27 Latvia 1,852 2023 up 34.6% rising
28 Bulgaria 1,767 2023 up 6.3% falling
29 Malta 1,151 2023 down 48.3% falling
30 Cyprus 1,103 2023 down 15.2% falling
31 Iceland 1,002 2023 down 15.1% flat

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Indicator
Accidents at work by sex, age and severity (NACE Rev. 2 activity A, C-N)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
35 places, 530 data points, 2008–2023
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