Cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain

Spain: Cases of fatal occupational injury was 402 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
402
Change on year
up 13.2%
World rank
21st
of 129 countries
All-time high
1,446
in 1990
All-time low
270
in 2013
Years of data
44
1980–2024

Cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain, 1980–2024

2505007501.0k1.2k1.5k1980200220241980: 1.2k1981: 1.1k1982: 1.1k1983: 9571984: 1.1k1985: 1.1k1986: 1.1k1987: 1.2k1988: 1.3k1989: 1.4k1990: 1.4k1991: 1.4k1992: 1.2k1993: 1.1k1994: 1.0k1995: 9961996: 9841997: 1.1k1998: 1.1k1999: 1.1k2000: 1.1k2001: 1.0k2002: 8052003: 7222004: 6952005: 6622006: 6822007: 5722009: 3902010: 3382011: 3652012: 2992013: 2702014: 2802015: 3442016: 2962017: 3172018: 3232019: 3472020: 3922021: 3762022: 4112023: 3552024: 402

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Spain recorded 402 for cases of fatal occupational injury in 2024.

The figure is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 43.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain peaked at 1,446 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 270, in 2013.

That places Spain 21st out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.

Cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain, year by year

Annual values for Cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain, 1980 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1980 1,228
1981 1,099 -10.5%
1982 1,118 +1.7%
1983 957 -14.4%
1984 1,074 +12.2%
1985 1,149 +7.0%
1986 1,102 -4.1%
1987 1,182 +7.3%
1988 1,288 +9.0%
1989 1,438 +11.6%
1990 1,446 +0.6%
1991 1,379 -4.6%
1992 1,239 -10.2%
1993 1,077 -13.1%
1994 1,029 -4.5%
1995 996 -3.2%
1996 984 -1.2%
1997 1,058 +7.5%
1998 1,075 +1.6%
1999 1,104 +2.7%
2000 1,136 +2.9%
2001 1,030 -9.3%
2002 805 -21.8%
2003 722 -10.3%
2004 695 -3.7%
2005 662 -4.7%
2006 682 +3.0%
2007 572 -16.1%
2009 390 -31.8%
2010 338 -13.3%
2011 365 +8.0%
2012 299 -18.1%
2013 270 -9.7%
2014 280 +3.7%
2015 344 +22.9%
2016 296 -14.0%
2017 317 +7.1%
2018 323 +1.9%
2019 347 +7.4%
2020 392 +13.0%
2021 376 -4.1%
2022 411 +9.3%
2023 355 -13.6%
2024 402 +13.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1,164 957 1,438 10
1990s 1,139 984 1,446 10
2000s 743.78 390 1,136 9
2010s 317.9 270 365 10
2020s 387.2 355 411 5

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 18 Italy 482 compare
  2. 19 Ukraine 437 compare
  3. 20 Rwanda 406 compare
  4. 22 Taiwan, China 382 compare
  5. 23 Germany 361 compare
  6. 24 Argentina 307 compare

See the full ranking of 129 places →

More work & labour data for Spain

All data for Spain →

Frequently asked questions

What is cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain?
Cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain was 402 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest cases of fatal occupational injury recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 1,446 in 1990.
What is the lowest cases of fatal occupational injury recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 270 in 2013.
How does Spain rank for cases of fatal occupational injury?
Spain ranks 21st out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
Is cases of fatal occupational injury rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Spain data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Cases of fatal occupational injury. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 44 observations, free to reuse under ILO Terms of Use (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain. Statizoid, drawing on International Labour Organization. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/cases-of-fatal-occupational-injury/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under ILO Terms of Use (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/cases-of-fatal-occupational-injury/spain/">Cases of fatal occupational injury in Spain</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cases of fatal occupational injury
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
129 places, 3,527 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A case of occupational injury is the case of a worker incurring an occupational injury as a result of an occupational accident. An occupational injury that is fatal is the result of an occupational accident where death occurred within one year from the day of the accident. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSH) database description.