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Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016

Figures for 2016, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016 covers 56 countries on 3 measures. Costa Rica is highest, at 9.720; Netherlands is lowest, at 0.500. The middle country reads 2.249. Against 2015, 48 values changed (22 up, 26 down), 5 countries joined, 10 left.

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Fatal Occupational Injuries · Data for 2016

HighestCosta Rica

9.720

LowestNetherlands

0.500

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 56 countries · select a heading to sort

Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
Costa RicaCRICentral America9.720———
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia8.0004.00010.00—
MexicoMEXCentral America7.7301.36011.46—
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia7.5160.7269.97—
MacauMACEastern Asia6.9301.59011.93—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6.782———
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe6.260———
RussiaRUSEastern Europe6.0001.00010.00—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.260———
United StatesUSANorthern America5.240———
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe4.9001.3009.00—
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia4.6401.030——
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia4.6000.50010.20—
UkraineUKREastern Europe4.5000.8008.90—
ArgentinaARGSouth America4.2200.3206.55—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe4.220———
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe4.030—7.89—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia4.0001.0006.00—
PanamaPANCentral America4.000—0.40—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe3.770———
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe3.690———
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe3.363—5.55—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe3.0030.1485.85—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe3.000———
FranceFRAWestern Europe2.750———

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Costa Rica9.720
  2. Uzbekistan8.000
  3. Mexico7.730
  4. Türkiye7.516
  5. Macau6.930

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.249. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (per 100,000)

    HighestUzbekistan4.000

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 0.500

  • Men (per 100,000)

    HighestMacau11.93

    LowestPanama0.40

    Middle country: 5.70

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +5 / −10countries joined / left
  • 48values changed, of 51 in both
  • 22 · 26rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Azerbaijan+ Barbados+ Japan+ Mongolia+ Qatar− Australia− Colombia− Egypt− Kazakhstan− Kyrgyzstan− Malaysia− New Caledonia− New Zealand− Philippines− Palestine

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored
  • 51 distinct values among 56

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 2.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 125 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: .

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fatal-injuries/2016

0623 held

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07Questions

Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fatal occupational injuries in Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016?

Costa Rica, at 9.720, of the 56 countries in the file.

What year does Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016 cover?

56.

Where can I download Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2023.

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