[ILO] Proportion of employed population covered in the event of work injury, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
5
Highest
84.4%
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
26.8%
Melanesia
Median
53.1%
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
365
What the numbers show
[ILO] Proportion of employed population covered in the event of work injury, by sex (%) is currently reported for 5 countries. The highest value is 84.4% in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 26.8% in Melanesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.1%, and the mean is 56.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Polynesia (down 2.4%).
[ILO] Proportion of employed population covered in the event of work: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 84.4% | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 2 | Micronesia | 69.3% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 3 | Polynesia | 53.1% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 4 | Colombia | 48.7% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 5 | Melanesia | 26.8% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 95.2%
- Southern Europe 88.9%
- Northern America 86.9%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 84.9%
- Europe and Northern America 84.0%
- Northern Europe 84.0%
- Europe 82.5%
- Oceania 72.8%
- Eastern Europe 70.1%
- Americas 60.8%
- Caribbean 55.1%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 54.4%
- Central Asia 52.5%
- Northern Africa 49.6%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 47.7%
- Western Asia 46.3%
- South America 45.8%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 44.5%
- Eastern Asia 43.3%
- Southern Africa 39.8%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 39.5%
- Central America 38.9%
- World 37.4%
- South-Eastern Asia 29.4%
- Asia 29.2%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 28.9%
- Developing regions 27.0%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 17.2%
- Africa 16.5%
- Central and Southern Asia 11.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 11.2%
- Western Africa 10.3%
- Middle Africa 9.9%
- Southern Asia 9.8%
- Eastern Africa 9.4%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.4%