8 Decent work and economic growth

Target 8.8: Protect employees' rights and promote safe working environments

Protect employees' rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.

Go to target 8.9

Indicators

8.8.1: Occupational injuries

8.8.2: Compliance of labour rights

8.8.1

8.8.2

Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries

Unit: Per 100,000 employed


	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024


Lethal work-related accidents
Total	1.2	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.0	0.9

Men	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Women	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..


Non-lethal work-related accidents
Total	1 521.4	1 507.9	1 501.1	1 473.5	1 583.6	2 188.7	2 978.6	1 585.9	1 539.8

Men	1 667.3	1 667.3	1 664.5	1 635.9	1 634.4	2 089.2	2 290.3	..	..

Women	1 300.9	1 295.1	1 309.1	1 284.1	1 513.0	2 277.7	3 718.1	..	..

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Definition

The indicator is calculated by Statistics Denmark based on information on the number of work-related accidents from The Danish Working Environment Authority. The number of work-related accidents is compared to the number of employed people. According to the UN definition, the indicator should also be disaggregated by migrant status, cf. SDG definition 8.8.1. However, in Denmark, it is not possible to make such a disaggregation.

Last updated:

04-07-2025

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