Huffington Magazine Issue 83 | Page 13

DATA Enter HUFFINGTON 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