The 2016 Global Slavery Index estimates there are 45.8 million people subject to some form of modern slavery in the world today.

58 % of those living in slavery are in 5 countries: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan.

The countries with the highest proportion of their population in modern slavery are: North Korea, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, India, Qatar, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Central African, Republic Mauritania, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Myanmar, Bangladesh.

This year, the country with the highest estimated percentage of its population in modern slavery is North Korea.

Estimated percent of population in modern slavery (2016)

