Georgia OSH Barometer
Nineteen indicators of safety and health at work in Georgia — outcomes, enforcement, legal framework, exposure and capacity — each dated and linked to its source. Updated every 28 April.
Last updated: 3 October 2026
How to read the Barometer
The Barometer follows the logic of EU-OSHA's OSH Barometer: a fixed set of indicators, each with its latest value, year, unit and source, so that change can be tracked from year to year. Indicators marked "not published", "not recorded" or "none" are shown deliberately: the absence of a figure is itself a finding about Georgia's OSH system. GILS updates the Barometer each 28 April, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, and after each annual report of the Labour Inspection Service. Version 1.0, 5 October 2026.
Outcomes
33
Workplace deaths
2024 · persons
B1 · ILOSTAT (reported by Georgia); 2025: 32 (Labour Inspection Service)
257
Workplace injuries recorded
2024 · persons
B2 · ILOSTAT (reported by Georgia); 2025: 179 (Labour Inspection Service)
2.35
Fatal occupational injury rate
2024 · per 100,000 workers
18.3
Non-fatal occupational injury rate
2024 · per 100,000 workers
66%
Share of deaths in construction
2025 · 21 of 32
not recorded
Deaths from occupational disease
—
B6 · No national registry; Social Justice Center et al. (2023)
Enforcement
361
Operations suspended for safety violations
2023 · orders
B8 · Labour Inspection Service 2023 report, via Formula News
Legal framework
5
EU OSH directives transposed
2022–2023 · of those listed for approximation; Framework Directive not yet
B11 · ETF–Eurofound (2024)
not reported
National OSH policy for health workers (WHO indicator)
2023
Exposure
Capacity
not published
Accredited occupational safety specialists
—
Trends
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The Barometer is published as a machine-readable file: GILS Georgia OSH Barometer v1.0 (CSV), CC BY 4.0. Suggested citation: GILS Research Team (2026). Georgia OSH Barometer, version 1.0. Georgian Institute of Labour Studies, PHIG. labour.edu.ge/topics/osh/barometer/.
Public health perspective (WHO)
WHO's Global Plan of Action asks countries to monitor workers' health with a set of national indicators covering policy, health protection at work, access to occupational health services and evidence (WHA60.26). The Barometer's groups map onto those objectives; the indicators that read "not published" or "no obligation" — occupational disease, occupational health services, long working hours, the health-worker policy — are the health-system side of the picture that Georgia does not yet report. Workers' health: the public health perspective.
Sources
- ILOSTAT. Occupational injuries, Georgia. ilostat.ilo.org
- Eurostat. Fatal accidents at work (hsw_n2_02). ec.europa.eu
- Georgia Today (2026). Labour Inspection Service 2025 report. georgiatoday.ge
- Parliament of Georgia (2026). Economic Policy Committee heard the Labour Inspection Service. parliament.ge
- Georgia Fair Labour Platform (2024). Workplace Death & Injury Statistics (archived copy). web.archive.org
- Social Justice Center et al. (2023). Submission to the UN CESCR (archived copy). web.archive.org
- ETF–Eurofound (2024). Working life in Georgia. www.etf.europa.eu
- ILO NORMLEX. Ratifications for Georgia. normlex.ilo.org
- WHO Global Health Observatory. National policy instruments for OSH of health workers (2023). www.who.int
- Geostat (2026). Employment by economic activity. www.geostat.ge
- Pignatti, C. (2026). Recent trends on informal employment in Georgia. ILO Working Paper 159. doi.org
Figures are from the GILS Evidence Register and the official sources shown. GILS is independent of government, trade unions, employers' organisations and the ILO.
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