As of August 2020, 93 percent of countries had specific legislation on trafficking in persons that covered most or all forms of trafficking. This is a huge increase from December 2003, when only 18 percent of countries offered such legislation.
Share of countries with full, partial or no legislation on trafficking in persons from 2003 to 2020
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Statistics on Human trafficking
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Countries with the largest number of people in modern slavery 2018
- Premium Statistic Countries with the highest prevalence of people in modern slavery 2018
- Premium Statistic Number of human trafficking victims worldwide 2008-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of human trafficking victims identified in 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of trafficking victims worldwide 2004-2020, by gender and age
- Premium Statistic Share of children among trafficking victims worldwide 2020, by region and gender
Trafficking
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- Premium Statistic Flows of trafficking victims 2017-2020, by region of detection
- Premium Statistic Share of human trafficking victims by type of border crossing made 2008-2018
- Premium Statistic Share of trafficking victims by transportation during border crossing 2008-2018
- Premium Statistic Share of human trafficking victims by exploitation en route 2008-2018
- Premium Statistic Share of trafficking victims by exploitation type and legal border crossing 2008-2018
- Premium Statistic Forms of exploitation of trafficking victims in 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Most common forms of exploitation of trafficking victims, by gender 2018
Forced labor
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- Premium Statistic Number of victims of forced labor by region 2021
- Premium Statistic Prevalence rate of victims of forced labor by region 2021
- Premium Statistic Rate of victims of forced labor 2021, by form
- Premium Statistic Means of coercion of forced laborers worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of labor trafficking victims by relationship to trafficker 2012-2019
- Premium Statistic Leading means of control experienced by labor trafficking victims 2006-2019
- Premium Statistic Share of victims of forced labor worldwide 2021, by industry and gender
Sexual exploitation
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- Premium Statistic Human trafficking forms globally 2006-2020
- Premium Statistic Share of sex trafficking victims by relationship to trafficker 2015-2019
- Premium Statistic Leading means of control experienced by sex trafficking victims 2003-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of sex trafficking victims South Asia 2003-2021, by age
- Premium Statistic Share of sex trafficking victims South Asia 2003-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Share of sex trafficking victims in Central Africa 2003-2021, by age
- Premium Statistic Share of sex trafficking victims in South America 2003-2021, by gender
Forced marriages
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- Premium Statistic Distribution of victims of forced marriage worldwide 2021, by region
- Basic Statistic Prevalence of child marriage worldwide 2005-2019, by region
- Basic Statistic Countries with the highest share of married girls 2022
- Premium Statistic Rate of victims of forced marriage worldwide 2021, by region and gender
- Premium Statistic Distribution of victims of forced marriage worldwide 2021, by income level
- Premium Statistic Breakdown of victims of forced marriage worldwide 2021, by age and gender
Law enforcement
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- Premium Statistic Share of countries with legislation on trafficking in persons 2003-2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of prosecutions of human trafficking worldwide 2007-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of convictions of human trafficking worldwide 2007-2021
- Premium Statistic Human trafficking prosecutions in 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Human trafficking convictions in 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Convicts of trafficking in persons worldwide 2020, by gender and region
- Premium Statistic Origin of convicted human traffickers worldwide 2018
Further related statistics
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- Share of human trafficking defendants by ethnicity in the U.S. FY 2015
- Public awareness of forms of human trafficking of human trafficking Netherlands 2018
- Share of children among human trafficking victims, by gender 2004-2018
- Number of human trafficking offences registered in the Netherlands 2018, by province
- Share of people considering illegal immigration as human trafficking Netherlands 2018
- Distribution of international child abduction cases Netherlands 2018, by perpetrator
- Estimated number of human trafficking crimes solved the Netherlands 2018, by province
- Priority of U.S. Congress passing consumer online data protection 2019
- Priority of U.S. Congress passing consumer online data protection 2019, by gender
- Number of economies with e-transaction legislation in Asia Pacific 2017 by status
- Arabs' views on womens' right to divorce, by religiosity 2011
- Arabs' views on the role of Sharia in legislation, by country and gender 2012
- Responsibility regarding online user data collection regulation in the U.S. 2019
- Disadvantages of Agriculture and Food Law for French farm animal breeders 2018-2019
- Expectations of French farmers regarding the agricultural sector 2018-2019
- Advantages of the Agriculture and Food Law for French farm animal breeders 2018-2019
- Opinion on the creation of a step-parent status for stepfamilies in France 2015
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Statistics
- Share of human trafficking defendants by ethnicity in the U.S. FY 2015
- Public awareness of forms of human trafficking of human trafficking Netherlands 2018
- Share of children among human trafficking victims, by gender 2004-2018
- Number of human trafficking offences registered in the Netherlands 2018, by province
- Share of people considering illegal immigration as human trafficking Netherlands 2018
- Distribution of international child abduction cases Netherlands 2018, by perpetrator
- Estimated number of human trafficking crimes solved the Netherlands 2018, by province
- Priority of U.S. Congress passing consumer online data protection 2019
- Priority of U.S. Congress passing consumer online data protection 2019, by gender
- Number of economies with e-transaction legislation in Asia Pacific 2017 by status
- Arabs' views on womens' right to divorce, by religiosity 2011
- Arabs' views on the role of Sharia in legislation, by country and gender 2012
- Responsibility regarding online user data collection regulation in the U.S. 2019
- Disadvantages of Agriculture and Food Law for French farm animal breeders 2018-2019
- Expectations of French farmers regarding the agricultural sector 2018-2019
- Advantages of the Agriculture and Food Law for French farm animal breeders 2018-2019
- Opinion on the creation of a step-parent status for stepfamilies in France 2015
UNODC. (January 15, 2021). Share of countries with full, partial or no legislation on trafficking in persons from 2003 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/300899/percentage-of-countries-by-legislation-on-trafficking-in-persons-by-region/
UNODC. "Share of countries with full, partial or no legislation on trafficking in persons from 2003 to 2020." Chart. January 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/300899/percentage-of-countries-by-legislation-on-trafficking-in-persons-by-region/
UNODC. (2021). Share of countries with full, partial or no legislation on trafficking in persons from 2003 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/300899/percentage-of-countries-by-legislation-on-trafficking-in-persons-by-region/
UNODC. "Share of Countries with Full, Partial or No Legislation on Trafficking in Persons from 2003 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/300899/percentage-of-countries-by-legislation-on-trafficking-in-persons-by-region/
UNODC, Share of countries with full, partial or no legislation on trafficking in persons from 2003 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/300899/percentage-of-countries-by-legislation-on-trafficking-in-persons-by-region/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Share of countries with full, partial or no legislation on trafficking in persons from 2003 to 2020 [Graph], UNODC, January 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/300899/percentage-of-countries-by-legislation-on-trafficking-in-persons-by-region/