In 2021, a total of 5,260 human traffickers were convicted worldwide. This is a small increase of more around 200 convictions from the year before .Still, the level of convictions is much lower than in previous years, pre-COVID.
Total number of convictions related to human trafficking worldwide from 2007 to 2021
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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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- Human trafficking perpetrators convicted in Belgium 2011-2016
- Peru: reported human trafficking cases 2010-2020
- Primary websites used by sex traffickers by number of new cases U.S. 2015-2020
- Public awareness of types of human trafficking in the Netherlands 2018
- Primary investigative agency in human trafficking cases U.S. 2020
- Share of people considering sexual exploitation as human trafficking Netherlands 2018
- Value of fines related to unlicensed money service operators in Hong Kong 2013-2017
- Offenses on counterfeiting and piracy in MLA requests to Hong Kong 2013-2017
- Number of money laundering offenses in sent MLA requests by Hong Kong 2013-2016
- Share of convictions in Romania 2013-2019, by category of offenses
- Offenses on drugs in MLA requests to Hong Kong 2013-2017
- Number of people reported for trafficking in persons in Nigeria 2014-2019, by gender
- Outcomes of cases in Florida involving the "stand your ground law" 2012
- Number of convictions in acid attack cases India 2017-2021
- Number of illegal foreign workers Japan 2012-2021
- Industry revenue of “legal and accounting activities“ in Denmark 2012-2025
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Statistics
- Human trafficking perpetrators convicted in Belgium 2011-2016
- Peru: reported human trafficking cases 2010-2020
- Primary websites used by sex traffickers by number of new cases U.S. 2015-2020
- Public awareness of types of human trafficking in the Netherlands 2018
- Primary investigative agency in human trafficking cases U.S. 2020
- Share of people considering sexual exploitation as human trafficking Netherlands 2018
- Value of fines related to unlicensed money service operators in Hong Kong 2013-2017
- Offenses on counterfeiting and piracy in MLA requests to Hong Kong 2013-2017
- Number of money laundering offenses in sent MLA requests by Hong Kong 2013-2016
- Share of convictions in Romania 2013-2019, by category of offenses
- Offenses on drugs in MLA requests to Hong Kong 2013-2017
- Number of people reported for trafficking in persons in Nigeria 2014-2019, by gender
- Outcomes of cases in Florida involving the "stand your ground law" 2012
- Number of convictions in acid attack cases India 2017-2021
- Number of illegal foreign workers Japan 2012-2021
- Industry revenue of “legal and accounting activities“ in Denmark 2012-2025
US Department of State. (July 20, 2022). Total number of convictions related to human trafficking worldwide from 2007 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/459622/number-of-convictions-related-to-human-trafficking-worldwide/
US Department of State. "Total number of convictions related to human trafficking worldwide from 2007 to 2021." Chart. July 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/459622/number-of-convictions-related-to-human-trafficking-worldwide/
US Department of State. (2022). Total number of convictions related to human trafficking worldwide from 2007 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/459622/number-of-convictions-related-to-human-trafficking-worldwide/
US Department of State. "Total Number of Convictions Related to Human Trafficking Worldwide from 2007 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/459622/number-of-convictions-related-to-human-trafficking-worldwide/
US Department of State, Total number of convictions related to human trafficking worldwide from 2007 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/459622/number-of-convictions-related-to-human-trafficking-worldwide/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Total number of convictions related to human trafficking worldwide from 2007 to 2021 [Graph], US Department of State, July 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/459622/number-of-convictions-related-to-human-trafficking-worldwide/