According to The Walk Free Foundation, approximately 30 million people all over the world are victims of slavery. The organization came up with the assumption, having conducted a research with 162 countries participating.
The Global Slavery
Index 2013 ranks India as the leading country with over 14 million people
living in conditions of slavery.
However, Mauritania has
the highest proportion with nearly 4% of its citizens enslaved.
This Australian Based
Organization defines the current slavery to involve forced marriages, human
trafficking and debt bondages.
The International labor
Organization estimates victims of forced labour to be 21 million worldwide,
whereas the Walk Free Foundation has its estimate at 29.8 million.
For the record, India,
China, Pakistan and Nigeria are among the leading countries with most of their
citizens enslaved. This therefore accounts for the 3/4 of the total estimates
of modern slavery.
This survey has backing
of some of the key figures in the world such as US Hillary Clinton. Clinton
asserts that though the figures given might not be accurate, it provides a
base.
Slavery Rankings
- Mauritania
- Haiti
- Pakistan
- India
- Nepal
- Moldova
- Benin
- Ivory Coast
- The Gambia
- Gabon
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