ILO SafeWork - Global Estimates of Fatalities... , 2002

Occupational Accidents, 2002

Africa, according to ILO Regions

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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

Angola 6,000,000 57.8 475,200 - 73 10 17 4,380,000 600,000 1,020,000 6.2 72.4 21.4 986 96 191 1,272 669,600 1,272,240 970,920

Benin 2,085,446 42.5 - - 70 7 23 1,459,812 145,981 479,653 37.9 13.8 48.3 328 23 90 10* 676* 442 232,374 441,510 336,942

Botswana 235,000 14.8 225,900 12.1 21.9 66 28,435 51,465 155,100 2.8 37.3 5.8 6 8 29 85 979 44 22,966 43,636 33,301

Burkina Faso 5,000,000 46.8 163,070 - 87 4 9 4,350,000 200,000 450,000 41.6 19.1 39.3 979 32 84 12 2,052 1,095 576,263 1,094,900 835,582

Burundi 4,000,000 63.5 - - 92 2 6 3,680,000 80,000 240,000 52.2 17.3 30.5 828 13 45 886 466,147 885,680 675,914

Cameroon 6,000,000 41.9 - - 70 13 17 4,200,000 780,000 1,020,000 43.5 20.2 36.2 945 125 191 1,261 663,442 1,260,540 961,991

Cape Verde 120,565 - - - 52 23 25 62,694 27,730 30,141 11.8 18.4 69.8 14 4 6 24 12,726 24,179 18,453

the Central African Republic 1,186,972 - - - 84 3 14 997,056 35,609 166,176 53.4 18.7 27.8 224 6 31 261 137,426 261,110 199,268

Chad 2,293,641 - 14,522 - 83 2.6 14.4 1,903,722 59,635 330,284 36 14.7 49.3 428 10 62 500 262,970 499,642 381,306

Comoros 144,500 24.2 - - 53.4 9.6 37 77,163 13,872 53,465 40.9 11.9 47.2 17 2 10 30 15,568 29,579 22,574

Congo (Brazzaville) - - 62 12 26 0 0 0 8.4 61.3 30.4 0 0 0

Côte d'Ivoire 1,850,000 - - 65 8 27 1,202,500 148,000 499,500 26.8 24.4 48.8 271 24 93 388 204,026 387,649 295,837

the Democratic Republic of the Congo 20,000,000 40.7 - - 65 16 19 13,000,000 3,200,000 3,800,000 53.9 8.8 37.7 2,925 512 711 4,148 2,182,947 4,147,600 3,165,274

Djibouti 282,000 61.2 - - 75 11 14 211,500 31,020 39,480 3.6 19.9 76.6 48 5 7 60 31,544 59,933 45,739

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

Equatorial Guinea 102,565 - - - 66 11 23 67,693 11,282 23,590 12.8 80 7.2 15 2 4 21 11,288 21,447 16,368

Eritrea - - 57,800 - 80 10 10 46,240 5,780 5,780 17.1 29.2 53.7 10 1 1 7* 2904* 12 6,531 12,410 9,471

Ethiopia 26,000,000 43.4 - - 80 8 12 20,800,000 2,080,000 3,120,000 52.3 11.1 36.5 4,680 333 583 13 2,951 5,596 2,945,389 5,596,240 4,270,815

Gabon 600,000 49.1 57,800 - 60 15 25 360,000 90,000 150,000 7.8 41.2 51.1 81 14 28 123 64,974 123,450 94,212

Gambia 400,000 28.3 - - 84 7 9 336,000 28,000 36,000 37.9 13.4 48.7 76 4 7 87 45,691 86,812 66,251

Ghana 9,000,000 47 - - 60 15 25 5,400,000 1,350,000 2,250,000 35.8 25.4 49.2 1,215 216 421 1,852 974,605 1,851,750 1,413,178

Guinea 3,000,000 39.4 - - 80 10 10 2,400,000 300,000 300,000 24.3 37.9 37.8 540 48 56 21* 1071* 644 339,000 644,100 491,550

Guinea-Bissau 480,000 36.4 - - 82 4 14 393,600 19,200 67,200 60.6 12.3 27.1 89 3 13 104 54,841 104,198 79,520

Kenya 15,000,000 51.7 - - 81 7 12 12,150,000 1,050,000 1,800,000 23.4 17.9 58.7 2,734 168 337 3,238 1,704,395 3,238,350 2,471,372

Lesotho 700,000 32.5 - - 23 33 44 161,000 231,000 308,000 17.3 41.4 41.3 36 37 58 131 68,832 130,781 99,807

Liberia 704,321 - - - 70 8 22 493,025 56,346 154,951 39 28 35 111 9 29 149 78,380 148,922 113,651

Madagascar 7,000,000 43.7 - - 81 6 13 5,670,000 420,000 910,000 30 13.8 56.2 1,276 67 170 1,513 796,379 1,513,120 1,154,749

Malawi 5,000,000 48.3 - - 82 3 15 4,100,000 150,000 750,000 38 19.2 42.8 923 24 140 1,087 571,974 1,086,750 829,362

Mali 5,000,000 46.8 - - 86 2 13 4,300,000 100,000 650,000 46.5 16.7 36.8 968 16 122 1,105 581,605 1,105,050 843,328

Mauritania 750,000 27.2 - - 47 14 39 352,500 105,000 292,500 25.2 29.3 45.4 79 17 55 151 79,374 150,810 115,092

Mauritius 514,000 43.1 436,312 - 14 36 50 71,960 185,040 257,000 5.4 32.5 62.1 16 30 48 8 5,141 94 49,398 93,856 71,627

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

Mozambique 9,000,000 53.2 - - 81 6 13 7,290,000 540,000 1,170,000 30.9 24.5 44.6 1,640 86 219 1,945 1,023,916 1,945,440 1,484,678

Namibia 500,000 27.8 - - 47 20 33 235,000 100,000 165,000 10.7 28.3 60.9 53 16 31 7 4,455 100 52,489 99,730 76,110

Niger 5,000,000 49.6 - - 85 3 12 4,250,000 150,000 600,000 40.7 17.2 52.1 956 24 112 1,092 574,974 1,092,450 833,712

Nigeria 48,000,000 45.1 - - 43 10 47 20,640,000 4,800,000 22,560,000 36.6 35.2 28.2 4,644 768 4,219 9,631 5,068,800 9,630,720 7,349,760

Rwanda 4,000,000 60.6 - - 93 3 4 3,720,000 120,000 160,000 40.7 20 39.3 837 19 30 886 466,379 886,120 676,249

Sao Tome and Principe 30,607 - - - 54 6 40 16,528 1,836 12,243 20.6 17 62.5 4 0 2 6 3,317 6,302 4,809

Senegal 4,000,000 44.3 - - 81 6 13 3,240,000 240,000 520,000 18 25.5 56.4 729 38 97 865 455,074 864,640 659,857

Seychelles 30,900 38.7 - - 10 19 71 3,090 5,871 21,939 3 21.3 75.7 1 1 4 1 96 6 3,020 5,737 4,378

Sierra Leone 1,369,000 25.2 - - 70 14 16 958,300 191,660 219,040 43.6 27.3 29.1 216 31 41 287 151,181 287,244 219,212

Somalia 3,700,000 49.4 - - 76 8 16 2,812,000 296,000 592,000 65 10 25 633 47 111 791 416,192 790,764 603,478

South Africa 13,790,000 35.0 9,110,000 23.1 30 25 45 4,137,000 3,447,500 6,205,500 3.4 30.8 65.8 931 552 1,160 581 7,028 2,643 1,390,976 2,642,854 2,016,915

Sudan 11,000,000 38.9 - - 63 4 33 6,930,000 440,000 3,630,000 36 15 49 1,559 70 679 2,308 1,214,979 2,308,460 1,761,719

Swaziland 116,430 - - 26 31 43 30,272 36,093 50,065 18.3 43.8 37.8 7 6 9 749* 41* 22 11,552 21,948 16,750

Togo 1,740,000 33.8 - - 65 5 30 1,131,000 87,000 522,000 41.3 21 37.7 254 14 98 7* 952* 366 192,636 366,009 279,323

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

Uganda 10,000,000 47.6 - - 82 5 13 8,200,000 500,000 1,300,000 44.4 17.8 37.8 1,845 80 243 2,168 1,141,105 2,168,100 1,654,603

the United Republic of Tanzania 16,000,000 49.8 - - 80 10 10 12,800,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 44.8 15.4 39.8 2,880 256 299 3,435 1,808,000 3,435,200 2,621,600

Zambia 4,000,000 45.6 - - 38 12.5 49.5 1,520,000 500,000 1,980,000 24.1 25.3 50.6 342 80 370 0* 332* 792 416,979 792,260 604,619

Zimbabwe 5,000,000 39.4 - - 65 10 25 3,250,000 500,000 1,250,000 20.1 24.6 55.3 731 80 234 174* 18427* 1,045 550,000 1,045,000 797,500

Total 298,725,947 33,527,004 186,868,090 32,740,921 79,236,606 41,876 5,635 13,726 1,947 130,295 61,237 32,230,033 61,237,063 46,733,548

Updated by AS. Approved by JT. Last modification: 23 May 2002.

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
Angola	6,000,000	57.8	475,200	-	73	10	17	4,380,000	600,000	1,020,000	6.2	72.4	21.4	986	96	191			1,272	669,600	1,272,240	970,920
Benin	2,085,446	42.5	-	-	70	7	23	1,459,812	145,981	479,653	37.9	13.8	48.3	328	23	90	10*	676*	442	232,374	441,510	336,942
Botswana	235,000	14.8	225,900		12.1	21.9	66	28,435	51,465	155,100	2.8	37.3	5.8	6	8	29	85	979	44	22,966	43,636	33,301
Burkina Faso	5,000,000	46.8	163,070	-	87	4	9	4,350,000	200,000	450,000	41.6	19.1	39.3	979	32	84	12	2,052	1,095	576,263	1,094,900	835,582
Burundi	4,000,000	63.5	-	-	92	2	6	3,680,000	80,000	240,000	52.2	17.3	30.5	828	13	45			886	466,147	885,680	675,914
Cameroon	6,000,000	41.9	-	-	70	13	17	4,200,000	780,000	1,020,000	43.5	20.2	36.2	945	125	191			1,261	663,442	1,260,540	961,991
Cape Verde	120,565	-	-	-	52	23	25	62,694	27,730	30,141	11.8	18.4	69.8	14	4	6			24	12,726	24,179	18,453
the Central African Republic	1,186,972	-	-	-	84	3	14	997,056	35,609	166,176	53.4	18.7	27.8	224	6	31			261	137,426	261,110	199,268
Chad	2,293,641	-	14,522	-	83	2.6	14.4	1,903,722	59,635	330,284	36	14.7	49.3	428	10	62			500	262,970	499,642	381,306
Comoros	144,500	24.2	-	-	53.4	9.6	37	77,163	13,872	53,465	40.9	11.9	47.2	17	2	10			30	15,568	29,579	22,574
Congo (Brazzaville)			-	-	62	12	26	0	0	0	8.4	61.3	30.4	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	1,850,000		-	-	65	8	27	1,202,500	148,000	499,500	26.8	24.4	48.8	271	24	93			388	204,026	387,649	295,837
the Democratic Republic of the Congo	20,000,000	40.7	-	-	65	16	19	13,000,000	3,200,000	3,800,000	53.9	8.8	37.7	2,925	512	711			4,148	2,182,947	4,147,600	3,165,274
Djibouti	282,000	61.2	-	-	75	11	14	211,500	31,020	39,480	3.6	19.9	76.6	48	5	7			60	31,544	59,933	45,739
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
Equatorial Guinea	102,565	-	-	-	66	11	23	67,693	11,282	23,590	12.8	80	7.2	15	2	4			21	11,288	21,447	16,368
Eritrea	-	-	57,800	-	80	10	10	46,240	5,780	5,780	17.1	29.2	53.7	10	1	1	7*	2904*	12	6,531	12,410	9,471
Ethiopia	26,000,000	43.4	-	-	80	8	12	20,800,000	2,080,000	3,120,000	52.3	11.1	36.5	4,680	333	583	13	2,951	5,596	2,945,389	5,596,240	4,270,815
Gabon	600,000	49.1	57,800	-	60	15	25	360,000	90,000	150,000	7.8	41.2	51.1	81	14	28			123	64,974	123,450	94,212
Gambia	400,000	28.3	-	-	84	7	9	336,000	28,000	36,000	37.9	13.4	48.7	76	4	7			87	45,691	86,812	66,251
Ghana	9,000,000	47	-	-	60	15	25	5,400,000	1,350,000	2,250,000	35.8	25.4	49.2	1,215	216	421			1,852	974,605	1,851,750	1,413,178
Guinea	3,000,000	39.4	-	-	80	10	10	2,400,000	300,000	300,000	24.3	37.9	37.8	540	48	56	21*	1071*	644	339,000	644,100	491,550
Guinea-Bissau	480,000	36.4	-	-	82	4	14	393,600	19,200	67,200	60.6	12.3	27.1	89	3	13			104	54,841	104,198	79,520
Kenya	15,000,000	51.7	-	-	81	7	12	12,150,000	1,050,000	1,800,000	23.4	17.9	58.7	2,734	168	337			3,238	1,704,395	3,238,350	2,471,372
Lesotho	700,000	32.5	-	-	23	33	44	161,000	231,000	308,000	17.3	41.4	41.3	36	37	58			131	68,832	130,781	99,807
Liberia	704,321	-	-	-	70	8	22	493,025	56,346	154,951	39	28	35	111	9	29			149	78,380	148,922	113,651
Madagascar	7,000,000	43.7	-	-	81	6	13	5,670,000	420,000	910,000	30	13.8	56.2	1,276	67	170			1,513	796,379	1,513,120	1,154,749
Malawi	5,000,000	48.3	-	-	82	3	15	4,100,000	150,000	750,000	38	19.2	42.8	923	24	140			1,087	571,974	1,086,750	829,362
Mali	5,000,000	46.8	-	-	86	2	13	4,300,000	100,000	650,000	46.5	16.7	36.8	968	16	122			1,105	581,605	1,105,050	843,328
Mauritania	750,000	27.2	-	-	47	14	39	352,500	105,000	292,500	25.2	29.3	45.4	79	17	55			151	79,374	150,810	115,092
Mauritius	514,000	43.1	436,312	-	14	36	50	71,960	185,040	257,000	5.4	32.5	62.1	16	30	48	8	5,141	94	49,398	93,856	71,627
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
Mozambique	9,000,000	53.2	-	-	81	6	13	7,290,000	540,000	1,170,000	30.9	24.5	44.6	1,640	86	219			1,945	1,023,916	1,945,440	1,484,678
Namibia	500,000	27.8	-	-	47	20	33	235,000	100,000	165,000	10.7	28.3	60.9	53	16	31	7	4,455	100	52,489	99,730	76,110
Niger	5,000,000	49.6	-	-	85	3	12	4,250,000	150,000	600,000	40.7	17.2	52.1	956	24	112			1,092	574,974	1,092,450	833,712
Nigeria	48,000,000	45.1	-	-	43	10	47	20,640,000	4,800,000	22,560,000	36.6	35.2	28.2	4,644	768	4,219			9,631	5,068,800	9,630,720	7,349,760
Rwanda	4,000,000	60.6	-	-	93	3	4	3,720,000	120,000	160,000	40.7	20	39.3	837	19	30			886	466,379	886,120	676,249
Sao Tome and Principe	30,607	-	-	-	54	6	40	16,528	1,836	12,243	20.6	17	62.5	4	0	2			6	3,317	6,302	4,809
Senegal	4,000,000	44.3	-	-	81	6	13	3,240,000	240,000	520,000	18	25.5	56.4	729	38	97			865	455,074	864,640	659,857
Seychelles	30,900	38.7	-	-	10	19	71	3,090	5,871	21,939	3	21.3	75.7	1	1	4	1	96	6	3,020	5,737	4,378
Sierra Leone	1,369,000	25.2	-	-	70	14	16	958,300	191,660	219,040	43.6	27.3	29.1	216	31	41			287	151,181	287,244	219,212
Somalia	3,700,000	49.4	-	-	76	8	16	2,812,000	296,000	592,000	65	10	25	633	47	111			791	416,192	790,764	603,478
South Africa	13,790,000	35.0	9,110,000	23.1	30	25	45	4,137,000	3,447,500	6,205,500	3.4	30.8	65.8	931	552	1,160	581	7,028	2,643	1,390,976	2,642,854	2,016,915
Sudan	11,000,000	38.9	-	-	63	4	33	6,930,000	440,000	3,630,000	36	15	49	1,559	70	679			2,308	1,214,979	2,308,460	1,761,719
Swaziland	116,430		-	-	26	31	43	30,272	36,093	50,065	18.3	43.8	37.8	7	6	9	749*	41*	22	11,552	21,948	16,750
Togo	1,740,000	33.8	-	-	65	5	30	1,131,000	87,000	522,000	41.3	21	37.7	254	14	98	7*	952*	366	192,636	366,009	279,323
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
Uganda	10,000,000	47.6	-	-	82	5	13	8,200,000	500,000	1,300,000	44.4	17.8	37.8	1,845	80	243			2,168	1,141,105	2,168,100	1,654,603
the United Republic of Tanzania	16,000,000	49.8	-	-	80	10	10	12,800,000	1,600,000	1,600,000	44.8	15.4	39.8	2,880	256	299			3,435	1,808,000	3,435,200	2,621,600
Zambia	4,000,000	45.6	-	-	38	12.5	49.5	1,520,000	500,000	1,980,000	24.1	25.3	50.6	342	80	370	0*	332*	792	416,979	792,260	604,619
Zimbabwe	5,000,000	39.4	-	-	65	10	25	3,250,000	500,000	1,250,000	20.1	24.6	55.3	731	80	234	174*	18427*	1,045	550,000	1,045,000	797,500

Total	298,725,947		33,527,004					186,868,090	32,740,921	79,236,606				41,876	5,635	13,726	1,947	130,295	61,237	32,230,033	61,237,063	46,733,548