The average number of sick days taken per worker in the United Kingdom was 4.4 days in 2024, compared with 4.9 days in 2023, and 5.7 days in 2022. Average sick days taken in 2022 were the highest they have been since 2005, but still lower than the average of 7.2 days taken in 1995.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (June 4, 2025). Average number of days lost through sickness absence per worker in a year in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/290209/uk-average-annual-sick-days-per-worker/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Average number of days lost through sickness absence per worker in a year in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2024." Chart. June 4, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290209/uk-average-annual-sick-days-per-worker/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2025). Average number of days lost through sickness absence per worker in a year in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290209/uk-average-annual-sick-days-per-worker/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Average Number of Days Lost through Sickness Absence per Worker in a Year in The United Kingdom from 1995 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jun 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290209/uk-average-annual-sick-days-per-worker/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Average number of days lost through sickness absence per worker in a year in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290209/uk-average-annual-sick-days-per-worker/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Average number of days lost through sickness absence per worker in a year in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2024 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), June 4, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/290209/uk-average-annual-sick-days-per-worker/
