Work injury statistics

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Work injury statistics

Find statistics on ACC claims for injuries that happened at work.

  • Work-related injury claims and costs by year - 2016 to 2025 ytd
  • New work-related claims by industry and by region - 2023 to 2025 ytd
  • Caveats to this data
2025 ytd injury cost
$299,145,338
The costs of all active claims

New claims

41,873
in 2025 ytd

Active claims

103,826
in 2025 ytd

Work-related injury claims and costs by year

Year New claims Active claims Cost of active claims
2016 200,859 280,980 $702,116,136
2017 205,122 286,607 $723,301,318
2018 211,614 296,316 $780,587,626
2019 210,295 300,272 $822,691,019
2020 189,972 280,905 $866,568,598
2021 196,666 287,867 $916,266,320
2022 194,916 283,293 $963,146,909
2023 195,678 292,450 $1,117,507,632
2024 180,307 284,537 $1,264,164,864
2025 ytd 41,873 103,826 $299,145,338

 

 

 

By industry

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  • A calendar year is 1 January to 31 December.
  • Accredited employer claims have been excluded.
  • 'New claims' have been counted by the date that ACC registered a claim. This can be immediately after the injury occurred or at any later stage.
  • 'Active claims' are claims that generated a payment in the relevant calendar years. These claims were not necessarily registered, or had the accident occur, in the same calendar year.
  • Costs provided are exclusive of GST.
  • Costs are based on payment date. Payment date may be different to the date of service.
  • Costs do not include Public Health Acute Services (PHAS) payments. Treatment for covered claims in public hospitals is provided by an annual service agreement between ACC and the Ministry of Health, and is funded by bulk payments from ACC to the Crown.
  • The calendar year and month in which the service was paid may differ to the calendar year and month in which the service was provided.
  • A claim can cover multiple calendar years. A claim which lasts longer than one year is counted as 'active' once for each calendar year covered. For example, a claim which lasted from 2020 to 2022 would be counted a total of three times, once for each calendar year.
  • Age is based on the client's age at claim registration and may differ to their age at the time of an accident.
  • Location is based on where an accident took place and may differ to where a client was residing at the time.
  • Data was extracted at a point in time and may differ if re-run later.

We have been made aware that there is an issue with some ACC data for March 2022. We are not aware of the full extent of this issue, and claim counts and costs are subject to change.