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Share of sex trafficking victims in West Africa 2003-2021, by age

Published by
Saifaddin Galal,
Nov 15, 2022
Between 2003 and 2021, 41 percent of the sex trafficking victims in West Africa were minors between 0-17 years. Although lower than in Central Africa, child sex trafficking in the western region of the continent was still among the highest in the world. Female sex trafficking accounted for 63 percent of all victims.

Distribution of sex trafficking victims in Western Africa between 2003 and 2021, by age group

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Release date

February 2022

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2003 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Figures include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

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