How many people are trapped in forced labour? 27.6 million people are in situations of forced labour. That’s 3.5 people for every thousand in the world.
15% of adults in forced labour are migrant workers despite accounting for only around 5% of the global workforce. They are three times more likely to be in forced labour than non-migrant workers.
Where does forced labour occur? Over 50% of forced labour occurs in upper-middle income or high-income countries. Lower-middle income countries account for 32% and low-income countries account for 16%.
How does it occur? Forced labour consists of two important elements: absence of free and informed consent (involuntariness) and presence of coercion (to prevent an individual from leaving a situation or to compel them to work). In most cases of forced labour, multiple forms are present.
The data in this report represents signals and cases from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 and is accurate as of July 11, 2018. Cases of trafficking may be ongoing or new information may be revealed to the National Hotline over time. Conseq...Read More
Products of Slavery is a data visualisation website about forced labour and child labour, also known as modern slavery, in the supply chain of many consumer goods. The site was launched by Anti-Slavery International to mark the UK’s first Anti-Slav...Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau Of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) maintains a list of goods and their source countries which it has reason to believe are produced by child labour or forced labour in violation of international standards, as ...Read More
The data in this report represents signals and cases from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 and is accurate as of July 30, 2020. Cases of trafficking may be ongoing or new information may revealed to the National Hotline over time. Consequen...Read More
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