- 29.8 million people in slavery globally.
- 162 countries ranked.
- Slavery includes debt bondage, forced marriage, sale/exploitation of children, human trafficking, and forced labor.
1. Mauritania (98)
2. Haiti (52)
3. Pakistan (32)
4. India (30)
5. Nepal (27)
6. Moldova (26)
7. Benin (24)
8. Cote D'Ivoire (23)
9. The Gambia (23)
Lowest prevalence (weighted measure)
150. Austria, Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland (1)
159. New Zealand (1)
160 UK, Ireland, Iceland (1)
Highest, in absolute terms (in millions)
1. India (14)
2. China (3)
3. Pakistan (2)
4. Nigeria (0.7)
5. Ethiopia (0.7)
6. Russia (0.5)
7. Thailand (0.5)
8. DR Congo (0.5)
9. Myanmar (0.4)
10. Bangladesh (0.3)
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1 comment:
If they included debt slaves, as they rightly should, they could add another billion or so people in the Western World.
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