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Occupational Accidents, 2002

Middle Eastern Crescent (MEC), according to World Bank Regions

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                                   Figures in italics are updated in 2003
Country Economically active population Total employment Labour structure by percent Labour structure Structure of the economy (% GDP) Work-related fatal accidents by sector   3 days' absence
  amount percent amount percent Agriculture Industry Service Agriculture Industry Service Agriculture Industry Service Agriculture Industry Service Fatal accidents reported to the ILO 3 days' absence accidents reported to the ILO Fatalities Lower limit (0,19 %) Upper limit (0,10 %) Average
Bahrain 295,000 45.7 147,740   3 35 62 4,432 51,709 91,599 1 30 74 1 11 11 15 1,456 23 12,242 23,260 17,751
Cyprus 309,300 46.8 287,000 42.6 12.9 22.4 64.7 37,023 64,288 185,689 - - - 8 14 23 5 1,794 45 23,423 44,503 33,963
Egypt 23,000,000 34.9 16,183,000 - 29 22 49 6,670,000 5,060,000 11,270,000 17.4 31.5 51.1 1,414 1,073 1,397 149 45,343 3,884 2,044,337 3,884,240 2,964,288
Iran 19,000,000 30.7 -   33 25 42 6,270,000 4,750,000 79,800,000 20.9 31.2 47.9 1,329 1,007 867     3,198 1,683,158 3,198,000 2,440,579
Iraq 6,000,000 27.5 -   12 8 80 720,000 480,000 4,800,000 25 41 42 153 102 595     850 447,158 849,600 648,379
Israel 2,210,000   1,761,900   2 23 75 35,238 405,237 1,321,425 5 24 41 7 86 164 300 82,511 257 135,388 257,237 196,313
Jordan 1,150,000 22.3 -   10 26 64 115,000 299,000 736,000 2.4 25.6 72 24 63 91 32 15,718 179 94,227 179,032 136,630
Kuwait 1,300,000 63.6 1243126    1 9 90 12,431 111,881 1,118,813 1 56 43 3 24 139   2645 (all) 165 86,888 165,087 125,987
Lebanon 1,300,000 35.8 -   14 27 58 182,000 351,000 754,000 11.9 22 66.1 39 74 93     206 108,680 206,492 157,586
the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1,500,000 28.6 - - 17 29 54 255,000 435,000 810,000 5 50 45 54 92 100     247 129,853 246,720 188,286
Morocco 11,000,000 39.6 4,168,400 - 50 15 35 5,500,000 1,650,000 3,850,000 14.8 32.7 52.6 1,166 350 477 9 1,409 1,993 1,049,053 1,993,200 1,521,126
Oman 850,000 32.4 79,200   50 22 29 39,600 17,424 22,968 4 52 44 8 4 3     15 7,862 14,937 11,399
Qatar 233,000 30.2 -   3 28 69 6,990 65,240 160,770 2 39 59 1 14 20     35 18,552 35,248 26,900
Saudi Arabia 7,000,000 34.7 -   12 25 63 840,000 1,750,000 4,410,000 7 52 41 178 371 547     1,096 576,800 1,095,920 836,360
the Syrian Arab Republic 5,000,000 32.1 -   40 20 40 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 25.2 31.9 42.9 424 212 248     884 465,263 884,000 674,632
Tunisia 4,000,000 42.9 2,635,000 - 22 23 55 880,000 920,000 2,200,000 12.9 28 59 187 195 273 114 36,438 654 344,421 654,400 499,411
Turkey 22,359,000 35.3 21,594,000 34.0 38 38 24 8,205,720 8,205,720 5,182,560 16 24.6 59.4 1,740 1,740 643 1,252 3,850 4,122 2,169,401 4,121,863 3,145,632
the United Arab Emirates 1,400,000 58.1 1,779,000   8 32 60 142,320 569,280 1,067,400 2 55 53 30 121 132     283 149,061 283,217 216,139
Yemen 5,000,000 29.3 -   40 12 48 2,000,000 600,000 2,400,000 16.1 42.8 41.1 424 127 298     849 446,737 848,800 647,768
                                             
Total 112,906,300   48,635,240         33,915,754 26,785,779 122,181,224       7,191 5,679 6,117 1,876 191,164 18,986 9,992,504 18,985,757 14,489,130

Updated by AS. Approved by JT. Last modification: 24 January 2004.