Countries that Still Have Slavery 2025

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Estimated # of Slaves 2023

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11,050,000

5,771,000

2,696,000

2,349,000

1,899,000

Country
Estimated # of Slaves 2023
Estimated Slavery Rate per 1k Population 2023
Vulnerability Score (lower is better) 2023
Government Response (higher is better) 2023
India11,050,0008.056%46%
China5,771,0004.046%40%
North Korea2,696,000104.667%-3%
Pakistan2,349,00010.680%37%
Russia1,899,00013.060%24%
Indonesia1,833,0006.749%50%
Nigeria1,611,0007.876%54%
Turkey1,320,00015.651%49%
Bangladesh1,162,0007.158%49%
United States1,091,0003.325%67%
Brazil1,053,0005.047%51%
Philippines859,0007.866%59%
Mexico850,0006.658%55%
Saudi Arabia740,00021.353%49%
Ethiopia727,0006.367%45%
Myanmar657,00012.167%42%
Iran597,0007.168%8%
Ukraine559,00012.848%51%
Afghanistan505,00013.086%
Egypt442,0004.359%44%
DR Congo407,0004.594%36%
Thailand401,0005.746%55%
Colombia397,0007.851%46%
Vietnam396,0004.144%47%
Eritrea320,00090.366%5%
Venezuela270,0009.566%27%
Kenya269,0005.066%46%
Uzbekistan249,0007.456%46%
Peru234,0007.147%55%
Iraq221,0005.582%33%
Poland209,0005.519%55%
Kazakhstan208,00011.142%46%
Malaysia202,0006.337%45%
Italy197,0003.322%59%
Ivory Coast193,0007.359%37%
Uganda190,0004.266%46%
Argentina189,0004.236%58%
South Korea180,0003.529%38%
Yemen180,0006.089%
Sudan174,0004.082%26%
Tanzania171,0002.953%42%
South Africa158,0002.752%53%
Cameroon155,0005.871%41%
Syria153,0008.783%
Mauritania149,00032.066%35%
Romania145,0007.526%58%
Japan144,0001.111%44%
Guatemala140,0007.857%47%
Sri Lanka139,0006.556%49%
Angola136,0004.161%44%
France135,0002.113%62%
Ecuador135,0007.648%51%
Tajikistan133,00014.067%36%
United Arab Emirates132,00013.440%50%
Madagascar127,0004.660%42%
United Kingdom122,0001.814%68%
South Sudan115,00010.3100%
Niger112,0004.676%37%
Spain108,0002.310%63%
Azerbaijan107,00010.657%59%
Belarus107,00011.341%47%
Mali106,0005.273%31%
Jordan102,00010.049%46%
Somalia98,0006.298%18%
Nepal97,0003.346%45%
Chad97,0005.984%24%
Zambia94,0005.158%45%
Haiti94,0008.266%37%
Mozambique93,0003.067%45%
Malawi93,0004.955%38%
Papua New Guinea93,00010.379%31%
Ghana91,0002.945%45%
Burundi89,0007.577%29%
Morocco85,0002.344%40%
Algeria84,0001.943%36%
Cambodia83,0005.058%42%
Bolivia83,0007.247%47%
Burkina Faso77,0003.756%36%
Zimbabwe74,0005.075%27%
Dominican Republic72,0006.641%46%
Turkmenistan72,00011.947%26%
Canada69,0001.811%60%
Honduras69,0007.062%47%
Greece66,0006.421%62%
Hungary63,0006.619%55%
Chile61,0003.222%55%
Cuba61,0005.443%31%
Serbia61,0007.034%56%
Bulgaria59,0008.526%55%
Kyrgyzstan57,0008.755%47%
Rwanda55,0004.353%50%
Kuwait55,00013.039%37%
Guinea53,0004.066%36%
El Salvador52,0008.153%45%
Lebanon52,0007.660%33%
Senegal49,0002.953%40%
Nicaragua49,0007.354%36%
Germany47,0000.611%62%
Libya47,0006.880%10%
Paraguay46,0006.448%49%
Czech Republic45,0004.213%59%
Republic of the Congo44,0008.077%28%
Slovakia42,0007.716%58%
Australia41,0001.67%67%
Taiwan40,0001.721%47%
Portugal39,0003.86%67%
Laos38,0005.252%46%
Moldova38,0009.536%47%
Benin37,0003.048%40%
Albania34,00011.840%62%
Israel33,0003.835%45%
Oman33,0006.540%38%
Bosnia and Herzegovina33,00010.136%58%
Georgia31,0007.838%62%
Togo28,0003.357%33%
Tunisia27,0002.348%47%
Sierra Leone27,0003.455%33%
Armenia26,0008.948%54%
North Macedonia26,00012.638%58%
Central African Republic25,0005.298%27%
Croatia22,0005.230%59%
Jamaica22,0007.345%51%
Hong Kong21,0002.828%32%
Panama20,0004.733%51%
Qatar20,0006.838%49%
Austria17,0001.98%62%
Lithuania17,0006.121%58%
Gabon17,0007.659%24%
Liberia16,0003.156%41%
Costa Rica16,0003.224%51%
Gambia16,0006.558%36%
Mongolia13,0004.050%40%
Singapore12,0002.124%47%
Belgium11,0001.011%59%
Equatorial Guinea11,0007.869%22%
Bahrain11,0006.740%55%
Netherlands10,0000.66%67%
Cyprus10,0008.021%58%
Guinea-Bissau9,0004.580%33%
Slovenia9,0004.49%56%
Finland8,0001.45%60%
New Zealand8,0001.68%54%
Timor-Leste8,0006.151%35%
Uruguay7,0001.927%56%
Trinidad and Tobago7,0004.738%49%
Djibouti7,0007.157%36%
Sweden6,0000.67%63%
Namibia6,0002.447%44%
Latvia6,0003.417%59%
Ireland5,0001.19%63%
Estonia5,0004.115%56%
Switzerland4,0000.514%50%
Denmark4,0000.66%62%
Botswana4,0001.845%42%
Lesotho4,0001.659%40%
Eswatini4,0003.659%36%
Norway3,0000.51%63%
Guyana3,0004.241%51%
Mauritius2,0001.520%36%
Fiji46%
Solomon Islands31%
Luxembourg51%
Suriname31%
Montenegro60%
Maldives37%
Cape Verde31%
Brunei35%
Belize45%
Bahamas53%
Iceland47%
Vanuatu26%
Barbados41%
Saint Lucia51%
Seychelles33%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines45%
Antigua and Barbuda44%
Liechtenstein31%
Palau27%
  • Anti-slavery organization Walk Free defines modern slavery as “the removal of a person’s freedom to accept or refuse a job, to leave one employer for another, or to decide if, when, and whom to marry—in order to exploit them for personal or financial gain.”
  • Modern slavery includes “forced labour, forced or servile marriage, debt bondage, forced commercial sexual exploitation, human trafficking, slavery-like practices, and the sale and exploitation of children.”
  • Countries estimated to have high prevalence of modern slavery tend to be conflict-affected and have state-imposed forced labour and/or weak governance.
  • Vulnerability measures the vulnerability of people in a given country to fall into modern slavery. Vulnerability measures five metrics: governance issues, lack of basic needs, inequality, disenfranchised groups, and effects of conflict, and compiles them into a single percentage score in which 100% represents the greatest vulnerability.
  • Government Respose measures a government’s response to modern slavery across five metrics: identification and support for survivors, effectiveness of criminal justice mechanisms, national and regional level coordination, efforts to address underlying risk, and government and business supply chains. These factors are compiled into a single percentage score, where 100 represents the strongest possible response.