MODULE 1

WHAT IS MODERN SLAVERY?

FACTS AND FIGURES

GLOBALLY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE

45.8 MILLION PEOPLE
IN MODERN SLAVERY TODAY
More than the More than any time More than the population of the 120
population of Canada in human history smallest countries in the world

GLOBAL SLAVERY REGIONAL ANALYSIS

EUROPE
1,243,400

RUSSIA AND EURASIA

2,809,700

ASIA PACIFIC
30,435,300

MIDDLE EAST
AND NORTH AFRICA
THE AMERICAS 2,936,800
2,168,600

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
2,245,800
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENSLAVED PER REGION
LOW HIGH
COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST
ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF SLAVES
 INDIA: 18 354 700
 CHINA: 3 338 400
58%  PAKISTAN: 2 134 900
 BANGLADESH: 1 531 300
 UZBEKISTAN: 1 236 600
42%
 REST OF THE WORLD
COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST
RATES OF ENSLAVED POPULATION
Out of a 100 people, these many are slaves:
 NORTH KOREA: 4.37  MULTIPLE COUNTRIES: 1.13
 UZBEKISTAN: 3.97  MAURITANIA: 1.06
 CAMBODIA: 1.65  HAITI & DOM. REPUBLIC: 1
 INDIA: 1.4  MYANMAR: 0.96
 QATAR: 1.36  BANGLADESH: 0.95

24% 45% 24%

76% 55% 76%

Forced prostitution Male Child

Forced labour Female Adult

60 % MAKE THE PRODUCTS WE BUY

OF VICTIMS OF SLAVERY HARVEST THE FOOD WE EAT

ARE IN SUPPLY CHAINS,
FORCED TO:

VICTIMS OF MODERN SLAVERY CAN BE FOUND IN

FISHING CONSTRUCTION MINES SWEATSHOPS PLANTATIONS BROTHELS

 9 MILLION PEOPLE
ENTER SLAVERY EACH YEAR
25 000 1 000 1 NEW SLAVE
new slaves a day new slaves every hour every 4 seconds

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE MEKONG REGION

CHINA

MYANMAR

LAOS
USA

MIDDLE
EAST

THAILAND
EUROPE

CAMBODIA VIETNAM

Labour

Sex

Both

MALAYSIA

Source: 2016 Global Slavery Index

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