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Numbers of Worker deaths in Countries in Asia
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The ILO estimates that in Asia, a total of 219,318 workers died at work - 126,579 in Agricultural sector, 60,604 in the industrial sector, and 30,058 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 also 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
Afghanistan  - 1,988 1,484 318 186
Armenia 9 70 26 27 18
Azerbaijan 44 619 267 118 234
Bahrain 15 23 1 11 11
Bangladesh 12 14,403 12,576 878 949
Brunei  - 11 1 4 6
Cambodia  - 1,696 1,550 56 90
China 17558* 73,595 28,333 35,258 10,004
Cook Islands  - 1 0 0 0
Cyprus 5 45 8 14 23
Fiji  - 48 36 3 9
Georgia  - 306 147 73 86
Hong Kong 240  -  -  -  -
India 211 48,176 27,817 13,845 6,514
Indonesia 1076* 18,220 13,671 1,866 2,682
Iran  - 3,198 1,329 1,007 867
Iraq  - 850 153 102 595
Israel 300 257 7 86 164
Japan 1,844 2,077  -  -  -
Jordan 32 179 24 63 91
Kazakhstan 277 655 118 362 175
Kiribati  - 2 2 0 0
Kuwait  - 165 3 24 139
Kyrgyzstan 64 316 199 54 63
Laos  - 876 806 29 41
Lebanon  - 206 39 74 93
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  - 247 54 92 100
Macao 6 20 1 9 10
Malaysia 1,273 1,578 1,020 265 292
Mongolia  - 157 111 22 24
Myanmar (Burma) 0 4,773 4,165 246 363
Nepal  - 3,293 3,110 44 139
Oman  - 15 8 4 3
Pakistan 72 7,444 5,518 819 1,107
Papua New Guinea  - 579 530 27 22
the Philippines 240* 6,019 4,235 888 897
Qatar  - 35 1 14 20
Republic of Korea 2,212 3,148 1,451 1,085 611
Saudi Arabia  - 1,096 178 371 547
Singapore 99 183 7 73 103
Solomon Islands  - 6 4 0 1
Sri Lanka 37 1,139 768 183 188
Syrian Arab Republic  - 884 424 212 248
Tajikistan 40* 212 121 48 43
Thailand 610 7,490 6,057 646 787
Tonga  - 8 7 0 1
Turkmenistan  - 420 218 94 107
United Arab Emirates  - 283 30 121 132
Uzbekistan  - 1,471 761 346 364
Viet Nam  - 9,988 8,779 595 614
Yemen  - 849 424 127 298
Total 26,276 219,318 126,579 60,604 30,058

 

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