Correction
Database tables of the statistics on occupational accident statistics corrected
Read more about the correctionOccupational accident statistics 2021
Wage and salary earners' accident frequency increased by 4.3 per cent in 2021
releaseAccording to Statistics Finland's data, the number of wage and salary earners' accidents at work was 9.6 per one million hours worked in the year 2021. This was 4.3 per cent higher than in the year before. The accident incidence rate among wage and salary earners increased and farmers decreased in 2021 compared with the previous year.
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- Wage and salary earners' accident frequency increased by 4.3 per cent in the year 2021 from the year before.
- Wage and salary earners' accident incidence rate at work increased by 6.6 per cent and farmers' accident incidence rate at work fell by 8.0 per cent in the year 2021.
- When examined by industry wage and salary earners' accident frequency increased most in the year 2021 in relative terms in real estate activities (20.0%) and water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (18.6%) and decreased most in information and communication (12.5%).
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Classifications used:
- Period of disability
- Sex
- Age group
- Industry
- Place of accident
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year
Updating frequency:
irregular
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Classifications used:
- Sex
- Industry
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
irregular
Statistics:
Updated:
Classifications used:
- Sex
- Age group
- Period of disability
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
irregular
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Occupational accident statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=1797-9544. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 28.4.2026].
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