UK sickness absence rate by gender 2022 | Statista

In 2022, the sickness absence rate of women in the United Kingdom was 3.2 percent, while for men it was 2.2 percent, indicating that 3.2 percent of working hours for women, and 2.2 percent of working hours for men were lost in that year.

Percentage of working hours that were lost due to sickness absence in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2022, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
2022	2.2%	3.2%
2021	1.8%	2.6%
2020	1.5%	2.3%
2019	1.6%	2.4%
2018	1.6%	2.5%
2017	1.5%	2.4%
2016	1.6%	2.5%
2015	1.7%	2.6%
2014	1.6%	2.5%
2013	1.6%	2.6%
2012	1.7%	2.7%
2011	1.7%	2.6%
2010	1.8%	2.8%
2009	1.9%	3%
2008	2%	3.1%
2007	2.1%	3.2%
2006	2.2%	2.9%
2005	2.2%	3.1%
2004	2.3%	3.3%
2003	2.5%	3.4%
2002	2.4%	3.5%
2001	2.5%	3.5%
2000	2.5%	3.5%
1999	2.6%	3.7%
1998	2.5%	3.6%
1997	2.6%	3.8%
1996	2.5%	3.6%
1995	2.6%	3.8%

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1995 to 2022

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic a high number of people in employment were on furlough (away from work which they expect to return to) during 2020 which has impacted some of the measures of sickness absence; some of the falls seen in 2020 will be because there were fewer people in work,

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