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01.12.14
The State of Modern Slavery
Nearly 30 million people worldwide are
living as slaves, according to a shocking
report from The Global Slavery Index.
The index defines modern day slavery
as debt bondage, human trafficking
and forced marriage. India ranks the
higest with 14 million people living as
slaves. Here are the 10 countries where
the most people are enslaved.
– Renee Jacques
INDIA
RUSSIA
13,956,010
CHINA
516,217
2,949,243
PAKISTAN
ETHIOPIA
2,127,132
651,110
BANGLADESH
NIGERIA
701,032
DR CONGO
GLOBAL SLAVERY INDEX. WALL SXC.HU/ PASIP
462,327
THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED
29.8 MILLION
PEOPLE IN MODERN SLAVERY GLOBALLY
= 200,000 People
MAURITANIA HAS THE HIGHEST
PROPORTION OF SLAVES,
WITH ABOUT 4% OF ITS 3.8 MILLION
PEOPLE ENSLAVED
343,192
BURMA
384,037
THAILAND
472,811
INDIA, CHINA, PAKISTAN, NIGERIA, ETHIOPIA,
RUSSIA, THAILAND, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO, BURMA AND BANGLADESH
ACCOUNT FOR 76% OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE GLOBALLY