“Prevalence (per 1,000 persons) of modern slavery, by age and category”
Source: International Labour Organization, “Forced Labour and Forced Marriage,” 2017
Modern Slavery Categories
Source: International Labour Organization, “Forced Labour and Forced Marriage,” 2022
Service Exploitation
Source: International Labour Organization, “Forced Labour and Forced Marriage,” 2022
Means Of Coercion
Source: International Labour Organization, “Forced Labour and Forced Marriage,” 2022
Asia & Africa
Modern Slavery occurs in every region of the world. Slavery is most prevalent in Africa (7.6 victims per 1,000 people) with Asia and Pacific Region second (6.1 per 1,000).
The largest enslaved population is in the Asian and Pacific regions with 62 percent of global victims.
