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Poland vs the EU average
Compare workplace accident rates between countries
Two countries side by side on Eurostat's standardised rate per 100,000 employed — the only workplace-accident measure built to be compared across the EU. Poland vs European Union.
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| Year | Poland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2.38 | 2.47 |
| 2014 | 2.34 | 2.6 |
| 2015 | 2.66 | 2.65 |
| 2016 | 1.98 | 2.35 |
| 2017 | 2.23 | 2.25 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 2.24 |
| 2019 | 1.22 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 1.48 | 2.12 |
| 2021 | 1.81 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 1.33 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 1.28 | 2.07 |
Workplace accident statistics — FAQ
- How many workplace accidents are there in Poland each year?
- In the most recent year, GUS recorded about 67,000 people injured in accidents at work in Poland, of whom a few hundred were fatal. The number has fallen markedly since the 2010s, when it was close to 88,000 a year, and the incidence rate per 1,000 workers has roughly halved.
- Which industry has the most workplace accidents in Poland?
- Manufacturing (NACE section C) accounts for the largest single share of people injured at work, well ahead of trade and repair, health care and transport. These sectors combine machinery, manual handling and physical hazards, which is why they dominate the accident figures.
- Is Poland more or less dangerous for workers than the rest of the EU?
- On Eurostat's standardised rate of fatal accidents per 100,000 employed, Poland sits close to or slightly below the EU average and well below the most dangerous member states. Its reported non-fatal rate looks low, but that mostly reflects under-reporting rather than genuinely safer workplaces.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Polish figures come from GUS (Statistics Poland) via the Local Data Bank; the cross-country figures come from Eurostat's European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW). Both are official open data and are cited on each chart. We update the tool when new GUS releases and Eurostat data appear.
- Can I embed these charts on my own website?
- Yes. Every chart has an “embed” snippet that drops an iframe onto your page, plus a ready-made attribution link back to the source. Reuse is free with attribution to GUS/Eurostat and Skillsive. Journalists and safety professionals are welcome to use the charts in articles and reports.
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