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Numbers of Worker deaths in Countries in Africa
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The ILO estimates that in Africa, a total of 61,237 workers died at work - 41,876 in Agricultural sector, 5,635 in the industrial sector, and 13,726 in the Service sector

The table immediately below lists the countries in Alphabetical order

To see the countries ordered by the total number of deaths, click here

To download a file that contains information on the
numbers of employed people in the workforce, click here

  Nos of Deaths Reported by
Government

ILO estimated
numbers of total
deaths

Agriculture Industry Service
Angola
 -
1,272
986
96
191
Benin
10*
442
328
23
90
Botswana
85
44
6
8
29
Burkina Faso
12
1,095
979
32
84
Burundi
 -
886
828
13
45
Cameroon
 -
1,261
945
125
191
Cape Verde
 -
24
14
4
6
Central African Republic
 -
261
224
6
31
Chad
 -
500
428
10
62
Comoros
 -
30
17
2
10
Congo (Brazzaville)
 -
 
0
0
0
Côte d'Ivoire
 -
388
271
24
93
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 -
4,148
2,925
512
711
Djibouti
 -
60
48
5
7
Egypt
149
3,884
1,414
1,073
1,397
Equatorial Guinea
 -
21
15
2
4
Eritrea
7*
12
10
1
1
Ethiopia
13
5,596
4,680
333
583
Gabon
 -
123
81
14
28
Gambia
 -
87
76
4
7
Ghana
 -
1,852
1,215
216
421
Guinea
21*
644
540
48
56
Guinea-Bissau
 -
104
89
3
13
Kenya
 -
3,238
2,734
168
337
Lesotho
 -
131
36
37
58
Liberia
 -
149
111
9
29
Madagascar
 -
1,513
1,276
67
170
Malawi
 -
1,087
923
24
140
Mali
 -
1,105
968
16
122
Mauritania
 -
151
79
17
55
Mauritius
8
94
16
30
48
Morocco
9
1,993
1,166
350
477
Mozambique
 -
1,945
1,640
86
219
Namibia
7
100
53
16
31
Niger
 -
1,092
956
24
112
Nigeria
 -
9,631
4,644
768
4,219
Rwanda
 -
886
837
19
30
Sao Tome and Principe
 -
6
4
0
2
Senegal
 -
865
729
38
97
Seychelles
1
6
1
1
4
Sierra Leone
 -
287
216
31
41
Somalia
 -
791
633
47
111
South Africa
581
2,643
931
552
1,160
Sudan
 -
2,308
1,559
70
679
Swaziland
749*
22
7
6
9
Togo
7*
366
254
14
98
Tunisia
114
654
187
195
273
Uganda
 -
2,168
1,845
80
243
United Republic of Tanzania
 -
3,435
2,880
256
299
Zambia
0*
792
342
80
370
Zimbabwe
174*
1,045
731
80
234
Total
1,947
61,237
41,876
5,635
13,726

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