Source: Statistics New Zealand
Injury statistics – work-related claims: 2025 – information release
23 September 2026
Injury statistics for work-related claims give information about claims accepted by ACC for work-related injuries.
Key facts
In 2025:
- a total of 201,000 work-related claims were made (down 11,500 from 2024)
- the incidence rate for work-related injury claims was 78 claims per 1,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs)
- 91 percent of claimants made only one work-related injury claim
- males had an incidence rate of work-related injury claims of 97 claims per 1,000 FTEs (68 percent of total claims)
- females had a lower incidence rate of work-related injury claims than males, with 56 claims per 1,000 FTEs (32 percent of total claims).
Note: This release contains provisional statistics for work-related claims for injuries in the 2025 calendar year. It also includes updated statistics for work-related claims for injuries in the 2024 and 2023 calendar years.
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