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Accidents at work causing more than three days' absence

How many workers per 100,000 have an accident at work that keeps them off work for more than three days, in each European country?

30 of 30 shown in the list

non-fatal accidents at work per 100,000 workers

  1. France2,622 2024
  2. Portugal2,489 2024
  3. Switzerland2,299 2024
  4. Spain2,241 2024
  5. Denmark1,798 2024
  6. Slovenia1,463 2024
  7. Belgium1,396 2024
  8. Austria1,388 2024
  9. Luxembourg1,376 2024
  10. Germany1,348 2024
  11. Finland1,231 2024
  12. Italy1,098 2024
  13. Netherlands1,034 2024
  14. Sweden962 2024
  15. Estonia827 2024
  16. Ireland804 2024
  17. Czechia753 2024
  18. Iceland675 2023
  19. Norway673 2024
  20. Hungary628 2024
  21. Malta472 2024
  22. Poland465 2024
  23. Croatia459 2024
  24. Slovakia365 2024
  25. Cyprus296 2024

Source: Eurostat, Non-fatal accidents at work by NACE Rev. 2 activity and sex (hsw_n2_01). Data for 2023 to 2024. What it counts, how to cite it and the data

At a glance

  • 30 countries or territories have a figure.
  • The highest is France at 2,622 (2024) and the lowest is Romania at 65 (2024).
  • The middle value (the median) is 816.

What it counts

Non-fatal accidents at work that cause more than three calendar days of absence, per 100,000 persons in employment, in the latest year each country reports (since 2019).

What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison

Countries differ in how fully accidents are reported (many rely on insurance claims) and in how much work is in dangerous industries. A low figure can mean safe workplaces or under-reporting, and the figure leaves out fatal accidents and illnesses caused by work.

Source

Eurostat: Non-fatal accidents at work by NACE Rev. 2 activity and sex (hsw_n2_01). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.

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TheLawToKnow. (2026). Accidents at work causing more than three days' absence [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/accidents-at-work. Data: Eurostat, Non-fatal accidents at work by NACE Rev. 2 activity and sex (hsw_n2_01), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hsw_n2_01/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).

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Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/accidents-at-work). Data: Eurostat.

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@misc{accidentsatwork2026,
  author = {{TheLawToKnow}},
  title = {Accidents at work causing more than three days' absence},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Law in Charts},
  url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/accidents-at-work},
  note = {Data: Eurostat, Non-fatal accidents at work by NACE Rev. 2 activity and sex (hsw_n2_01), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hsw_n2_01/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
}

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