Global Slavery Index

The Global Slavery Index is a global study of modern slavery conditions by country published by the Walk Free Foundation (founded by Andrew Forrest). To date, four editions have been published, in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018. In 2018, building on the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery,^[1] the report estimated that globally 40.3 million people were in some form of modern slavery on any given day in 2016.^[2]

The report includes three data points for each of the 167 countries is covers: national estimates of the prevalence of modern slavery, a measure of vulnerability, and an assessment of the strength of government responses to modern slavery.

Calculation

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The 2018 Global Slavery Index includes data on three key variables: the prevalence of modern slavery in each country, vulnerability to modern slavery, and government responses to modern slavery. In 2018, the Global Slavery Index methodology underwent several changes and used significantly expanded data sources. The methodology is written up in detail in the Global Slavery Index report.

In 2017, the inaugural Global Estimates of Modern Slavery were produced by the International Labour Organization and the Walk Free Foundation in partnership with the International Organization for Migration. Acknowledged data gaps in earlier editions of the Global Slavery Index, including lack of data on forced sexual exploitation and children in modern slavery, were addressed by adopting a combined methodological approach when developing the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. This involved drawing on three sources of data:

1. The existing Global Slavery Index survey program was expanded to include 54 surveys covering 48 countries. More than 71,000 people have been interviewed and the countries surveyed represent over half of the world’s population. It is the most extensive survey program on modern slavery ever undertaken and forms the central component of the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery.
2. Administrative data from the International Organization for Migration’s databases of assisted victims of trafficking, and
3. Data derived from validated secondary sources and a systematic review of comments from the International Labour Organization supervisory bodies regarding ILO Conventions on forced labour.

The 2018 Global Slavery Index uses the same data sources and regional and global estimates from the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery.

The regional estimates form the starting point for the 2018 Global Slavery Index national level estimates for 167 countries. The prevalence estimates from the 2018 Global Slavery Index were calculated according to the following process:

1. Individual and country-level variables that have a significant relationship with forced labour or forced marriage at the individual level were identified. Data for this analysis were taken from Gallup World Poll (GWP) surveys conducted in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
2. Predicting modern slavery. These risk factors were used to build a statistical model that best predicts occurrence of modern slavery at the individual level.
3. Estimating prevalence and aligning with Global Estimates of Modern Slavery regional estimates. Individual predictions were aggregated into risk scores at the country level. Whereas survey data on forced labour and forced marriage are not available for every country, a broader set of survey data covering variables such as age, gender, marital status and so on was available for 147 countries. Country risk scores were used to estimate country prevalence, based on the extent to which the country risk score deviated from the average regional risk scores.
4. Final calculation of estimated prevalence. Number of victims was then estimated by applying the estimated prevalence to population data for each country. To this “base” estimate, an estimate of state-imposed forced labour was added to determine the final estimated prevalence of all forms of modern slavery.

Controversy and criticism

Much of the criticism of the Global Slavery Index relates to the methodology employed to produce prevalence estimates presented in the 2016 Global Slavery Index and earlier editions. The 2016 Global Slavery Index prevalence estimates were based on results of surveys in 25 countries through the Gallup World Poll^[3], the results of which were extrapolated to countries with an equivalent risk profile. Measurements of forced sexual exploitation and children in modern slavery were identified as critical data gaps to address in future estimations. The 2018 Global Slavery Index saw substantial methodological improvements, including a significant increase in the number of survey data points, and substantial changes to the approach to estimating prevalence of modern slavery in countries without survey data.

According to researchers Andrew Guth, Robyn Anderson, Kasey Kinnard and Hang Tran, they find the 2014 Global Slavery Index's methods reveal weaknesses and they raise questions about its replicability and validity. They have stated that the publicity given to the Index is leading to the use of its data can lead to inaccurate policy formulation and methods used in the Index are inadequate.^[4]

In the 2014 Global Slavery Index, some countries, for which no data were available, were given the same rate as countries that were judged to be similar. For example, prevalence rates for Britain were applied to Ireland and Iceland, and those for America to several western European nations, including Germany. This form of extrapolation has attracted some criticism.^[5]

Scholar Anne Gallagher said the 2014 Global Slavery Index is based on flawed data. Gallagher writes "the basic unit of measurement of “modern slavery” is flawed: the definition is self-created and, bizarrely, changes from one year to the next."^[6]

Alexis A. Aronowitz called the Index to be "terribly flawed" and points out that:

"The index is based on mix of sources: population surveys in a few countries; fuzzy estimates by governmental agencies or NGOs; stories in the media; and local experts. For nations lacking any such source, the index creators engage in an "extrapolation" exercise -- they simply apply an estimate from one nation to "similar" nations lacking such estimates."^[7]

Global Slavery Index 2014

Global Slavery Index 2014 table^[8][9]

			Vulnerability data						Prevalence data
Rank	Country	Region	Slavery policy	Human rights	Development	State stability	Discrimination	Mean	Pop. in slavery %	Pop. in slavery n	Population
1	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	92.9	75.3	76.8	62.7	67.6	72.2	4.0000	155,600	3,889,880
2	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	54.0	91.8	39.0	62.8	38.6	56.5	3.9729	1,201,400	30,241,100
3	Haiti	Americas	68.2	67.0	81.3	64.3	75.0	71.9	2.3041	237,700	10,317,461
4	Qatar	Middle East and North Africa	50.5	82.3	28.1	26.1	70.1	50.8	1.3563	29,400	2,168,673
5	India	Asia Pacific	27.50	58.9	54.0	56.5	38.3	56.7	1.14	14,285,700	1,252,139,596
6	Pakistan	Asia Pacific	85.9	79.2	60.4	68.9	60.0	69.5	1.1300	2,058,200	182,142,594
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	78.8	78.0	83.9	80.7	64.3	79.3	1.1300	762,900	67,513,677
8	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	78.8	100.0	79.7	79.8	59.9	82.6	1.1300	429,000	37,964,306
9	Syria	Middle East and North Africa	100.0	100.0	55.3	74.7	54.1	76.9	1.1300	258,200	22,845,550
10	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	92.9	83.5	82.3	77.0	66.2	78.9	1.1300	52,200	4,616,417
11	Republic of the Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.6	50.5	69.6	57.3	69.4	61.7	1.1061	49,200	4,447,632
12	United Arab Emirates	Middle East and North Africa	39.9	85.0	34.4	34.1	40.6	46.8	1.0572	98,800	9,346,129
13	Iraq	Middle East and North Africa	71.7	91.8	61.3	77.2	59.0	71.7	1.0351	345,900	33,417,476
14	Cambodia	Asia Pacific	75.3	58.8	54.8	65.3	63.6	62.9	1.0292	155,800	15,135,169
15	Moldova	Europe	4.5	58.0	40.1	52.6	53.6	41.8	0.9362	33,300	3,559,000
16	Mongolia	Asia Pacific	64.6	28.5	35.7	42.5	44.9	44.0	0.9068	25,700	2,839,073
17	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	78.8	23.0	49.6	35.7	72.5	51.2	0.9068	20,900	2,303,315
18	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	85.9	35.5	50.2	29.6	53.6	51.8	0.9068	18,300	2,021,144
19	Suriname	Americas	47.0	23.0	53.3	35.7	63.4	45.2	0.9068	4,900	539,276
20	Nepal	Asia Pacific	61.1	61.7	64.9	50.7	30.1	53.2	0.8227	228,700	27,797,457
21	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	71.7	25.9	67.9	46.2	63.5	54.4	0.7456	193,100	25,904,598
22	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.0	44.9	77.8	55.5	41.0	55.5	0.7456	192,600	25,833,752
23	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	61.1	47.8	86.9	55.2	50.2	60.2	0.7456	132,900	17,831,270
24	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.0	38.8	83.7	58.9	42.8	55.8	0.7456	126,300	16,934,839
25	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.6	43.5	89.1	41.6	57.9	58.6	0.7456	122,000	16,362,567
26	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	61.1	51.1	71.4	48.5	67.7	58.9	0.7456	108,400	14,538,640
27	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.4	38.1	76.4	54.3	55.7	55.7	0.7456	105,400	14,133,280
28	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	61.1	36.7	80.3	51.0	50.1	56.7	0.7456	77,000	10,323,474
29	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	68.2	50.5	76.9	60.4	48.1	60.1	0.7456	50,800	6,816,982
30	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	78.8	35.9	81.6	53.7	52.0	59.7	0.7456	32,000	4,294,077
31	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	82.3	34.0	70.4	46.0	52.1	57.7	0.7456	15,500	2,074,465
32	Russia	Eurasia	54.0	89.9	29.7	67.0	47.5	56.2	0.7315	1,049,700	143,499,861
33	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.0	62.9	81.6	54.9	67.5	64.2	0.7114	350,400	49,253,126
34	Ivory Coast	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.6	65.6	78.5	67.6	55.7	65.0	0.7114	144,500	20,316,086
35	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	92.9	41.7	81.4	64.5	45.7	64.0	0.7114	108,900	15,301,650
36	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	75.3	60.7	86.4	74.1	64.9	73.7	0.7114	91,200	12,825,314
37	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	75.3	71.2	70.2	45.9	54.1	63.5	0.7114	83,800	11,776,522
38	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	71.7	64.3	82.4	69.7	61.5	70.0	0.7114	83,600	11,745,189
39	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	82.3	53.3	78.5	72.5	57.3	66.7	0.7114	80,400	11,296,173
40	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	78.8	55.2	81.9	66.4	41.7	66.3	0.7114	72,300	10,162,532
41	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	68.2	42.0	86.0	50.7	68.2	63.0	0.7114	43,300	6,092,075
42	Gambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.6	53.3	82.5	60.6	58.8	62.5	0.7114	13,200	1,849,285
43	Djibouti	Sub-Saharan Africa	68.2	75.3	72.5	56.1	52.7	65.7	0.7114	6,200	872,932
44	Thailand	Asia Pacific	57.6	60.0	40.0	44.6	58.6	51.5	0.7093	475,300	67,010,502
45	Oman	Middle East and North Africa	68.2	77.2	38.0	40.9	58.8	56.1	0.7093	25,800	3,632,444
46	Kuwait	Middle East and North Africa	89.4	69.9	34.3	36.8	78.2	61.8	0.7093	23,900	3,368,572
47	Bahrain	Middle East and North Africa	78.8	86.9	27.4	37.2	56.5	58.2	0.7093	9,400	1,332,171
48	Brunei	Asia Pacific	43.4	86.7	36.6	30.3	67.0	51.4	0.7093	3,000	417,784
49	Cape Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.5	9.3	43.6	33.6	61.4	41.3	0.6368	3,200	498,897
50	Swaziland	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.6	69.5	55.2	55.8	73.2	65.0	0.5359	6,700	1,249,514
51	Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	92.9	50.5	82.6	72.0	60.0	70.3	0.5001	8,500	1,704,255
52	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.5	72.7	58.5	68.4	71.0	63.6	0.4805	834,200	173,615,345
53	Egypt	Middle East and North Africa	50.5	82.1	42.9	49.9	77.2	60.6	0.4800	393,800	82,056,378
54	Algeria	Middle East and North Africa	89.4	92.1	49.2	48.1	48.9	64.8	0.4800	188,200	39,208,194
55	Morocco	Middle East and North Africa	85.9	68.9	43.9	46.6	50.9	60.0	0.4800	158,400	33,008,150
56	Malaysia	Asia Pacific	78.8	77.4	35.6	30.4	71.5	58.1	0.4800	142,600	29,716,965
57	Jordan	Middle East and North Africa	61.1	85.9	48.6	37.5	62.4	60.7	0.4800	31,000	6,459,000
58	Lebanon	Middle East and North Africa	68.2	64.8	38.2	62.5	78.4	62.5	0.4800	21,400	4,467,390
59	Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	75.3	62.0	67.3	58.6	30.0	57.3	0.4348	680,900	156,594,962
60	Iran	Middle East and North Africa	96.5	92.8	41.0	58.1	68.4	71.4	0.4348	336,700	77,447,168
61	Myanmar	Asia Pacific	68.2	91.8	71.8	61.8	64.5	72.3	0.4348	231,600	53,259,018
62	Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	78.8	69.8	91.9	79.3	54.4	75.1	0.4348	132,800	30,551,674
63	North Korea	Asia Pacific	85.9	100.0	59.8	75.1	58.8	75.2	0.4348	108,200	24,895,480
64	Yemen	Middle East and North Africa	89.4	94.5	64.6	69.7	84.4	80.6	0.4348	106,100	24,407,381
65	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	71.7	75.3	63.4	61.4	54.4	65.3	0.4348	93,400	21,471,618
66	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	85.9	91.8	63.9	70.9	53.5	73.5	0.4348	61,500	14,149,648
67	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	85.9	100.0	92.8	85.5	100.0	94.9	0.4348	45,600	10,495,583
68	Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	92.9	100.0	86.3	55.9	83.5	83.8	0.4348	27,500	6,333,135
69	Libya	Middle East and North Africa	89.4	88.2	50.0	63.0	83.5	75.6	0.4348	27,000	6,201,521
70	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	92.9	83.5	53.7	62.8	58.8	69.6	0.4348	3,300	757,014
71	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.4	92.6	82.7	52.7	53.8	62.3	0.4141	389,700	94,100,756
72	Guyana	Americas	71.7	39.9	68.4	49.8	67.5	57.3	0.3870	3,100	799,613
73	Bulgaria	Europe	22.2	42.4	30.9	47.9	34.1	35.5	0.3797	27,600	7,265,115
74	Czech Republic	Europe	8.1	27.9	28.7	17.7	37.6	24.0	0.3600	37,900	10,521,468
75	Hungary	Europe	54.0	30.8	33.8	22.1	32.4	35.3	0.3600	35,600	9,897,247
76	Serbia	Europe	25.8	45.4	34.1	43.2	40.2	37.0	0.3600	25,800	7,163,976
77	Slovakia	Europe	11.6	28.5	31.2	39.3	33.4	28.8	0.3600	19,500	5,414,095
78	Georgia	Eurasia	57.6	71.9	37.0	45.9	46.8	51.1	0.3600	16,100	4,476,900
79	Croatia	Europe	43.4	33.8	30.8	30.3	37.0	33.7	0.3600	15,300	4,252,700
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	29.3	57.2	34.9	46.4	53.8	45.7	0.3600	13,800	3,829,307
81	Armenia	Eurasia	4.5	63.7	35.7	51.6	54.8	42.1	0.3600	10,700	2,976,566
82	Lithuania	Europe	47.0	36.4	24.5	27.1	44.3	35.2	0.3600	10,600	2,956,121
83	Albania	Europe	47.0	43.6	36.0	57.0	55.3	46.3	0.3600	10,000	2,773,620
84	Macedonia	Europe	25.8	41.7	33.7	54.9	46.0	39.7	0.3600	7,600	2,107,158
85	Slovenia	Europe	4.5	15.1	29.6	16.1	34.8	20.7	0.3600	7,400	2,060,484
86	Estonia	Europe	50.5	13.2	28.1	24.6	43.5	30.6	0.3600	4,800	1,324,612
87	Cyprus	Eurasia	25.8	27.7	29.0	20.7	46.0	29.8	0.3600	4,100	1,141,166
88	Montenegro	Europe	36.4	38.8	30.3	49.5	49.0	40.8	0.3600	2,200	621,383
89	Vietnam	Asia Pacific	47.0	91.8	45.1	49.4	41.7	54.3	0.3592	322,200	89,708,900
90	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	39.9	72.4	72.4	51.2	54.4	56.7	0.3592	135,000	37,578,876
91	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	32.8	71.6	74.6	59.7	57.0	58.4	0.3592	79,900	22,253,959
92	Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	64.6	69.7	47.1	58.9	34.2	55.7	0.3592	73,600	20,483,000
93	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	36.4	75.8	34.0	57.8	38.0	49.1	0.3592	61,200	17,037,508
94	Azerbaijan	Eurasia	43.4	85.2	36.7	59.5	43.3	53.7	0.3592	33,800	9,416,598
95	Tajikistan	Central Asia	39.9	78.0	51.1	57.1	38.5	51.4	0.3592	29,500	8,207,834
96	Laos	Asia Pacific	61.1	97.3	61.5	49.8	50.0	62.6	0.3592	24,300	6,769,727
97	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	68.2	64.3	45.3	57.0	43.1	54.2	0.3592	20,500	5,719,500
98	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	64.6	100.0	45.0	64.7	46.3	64.8	0.3592	18,800	5,240,072
99	Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	71.7	23.0	60.5	58.2	57.0	54.2	0.3404	4,000	1,178,252
100	Tunisia	Middle East and North Africa	64.6	45.0	40.8	48.3	53.9	52.0	0.3063	33,300	10,886,500
101	Saudi Arabia	Middle East and North Africa	82.3	91.8	36.0	49.5	72.2	65.9	0.2919	84,200	28,828,870
102	Indonesia	Asia Pacific	47.0	70.0	51.9	49.6	56.0	53.7	0.2858	714,100	249,865,631
103	Philippines	Asia Pacific	36.4	41.4	45.6	52.5	59.4	47.1	0.2655	261,200	98,393,574
104	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	68.2	30.8	38.9	21.4	42.3	39.0	0.2541	3,300	1,296,303
105	Turkey	Eurasia	50.5	63.7	39.6	44.2	62.9	50.9	0.2476	185,500	74,932,641
106	Ukraine	Europe	57.6	46.0	38.9	61.1	40.0	48.0	0.2476	112,600	45,489,600
107	Kosovo	Europe	22.2	45.0	36.3	48.4	56.3	40.9	0.2476	4,500	1,824,000
108	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.5	45.6	49.8	46.4	63.8	50.5	0.2476	4,100	1,671,711
109	China	Asia Pacific	57.6	91.9	42.2	46.2	53.3	59.0	0.2388	3,241,400	1,357,380,000
110	Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	89.4	28.5	65.9	48.2	89.3	65.0	0.2300	16,800	7,321,262
111	Mexico	Americas	39.9	40.9	39.0	60.2	42.7	45.2	0.2182	266,900	122,332,399
112	Colombia	Americas	43.4	43.3	38.7	57.9	49.2	45.8	0.2182	105,400	48,321,405
113	Peru	Americas	43.4	46.2	35.6	48.9	53.1	45.4	0.2182	66,300	30,375,603
114	Ecuador	Americas	39.9	49.6	32.2	57.7	34.7	42.1	0.2182	34,300	15,737,878
115	Guatemala	Americas	32.8	44.6	44.1	66.8	58.8	51.7	0.2182	33,800	15,468,203
116	Bolivia	Americas	54.0	42.3	53.4	60.5	48.3	49.5	0.2182	23,300	10,671,200
117	Honduras	Americas	54.0	53.8	58.0	75.6	64.4	61.1	0.2182	17,700	8,097,688
118	Paraguay	Americas	43.4	36.5	43.3	61.5	53.9	46.3	0.2182	14,800	6,802,295
119	El Salvador	Americas	32.8	32.6	44.9	61.4	53.5	42.9	0.2182	13,800	6,340,454
120	Nicaragua	Americas	8.1	59.6	60.9	59.7	41.2	45.9	0.2182	13,300	6,080,478
121	Chile	Americas	36.4	20.0	31.7	23.6	45.7	31.5	0.2095	36,900	17,619,708
122	Costa Rica	Americas	54.0	22.5	34.6	39.1	24.5	34.2	0.2095	10,200	4,872,166
123	Panama	Americas	68.2	28.0	35.6	46.8	42.6	42.1	0.2095	8,100	3,864,170
124	Uruguay	Americas	57.6	14.6	31.3	33.6	26.8	31.4	0.2095	7,100	3,407,062
125	Venezuela	Americas	43.4	76.4	38.3	73.7	35.0	52.7	0.2002	60,900	30,405,207
126	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.4	24.8	38.2	46.9	55.6	43.3	0.2001	106,000	52,981,991
127	Japan	Asia Pacific	61.1	17.6	23.4	11.4	40.0	29.9	0.1865	237,500	127,338,621
128	South Korea	Asia Pacific	22.2	39.2	30.8	30.5	36.0	30.3	0.1865	93,700	50,219,669
129	Argentina	Americas	25.8	30.7	30.3	46.5	21.3	29.5	0.1865	77,300	41,446,246
130	Poland	Europe	1.0	21.7	27.1	22.2	48.2	25.5	0.1865	71,900	38,530,725
131	Hong Kong	Asia Pacific	64.6	3.5	21.1	10.9	25.2	25.0	0.1865	13,400	7,187,500
132	Dominican Republic	Americas	47.0	54.3	41.2	60.5	59.3	51.7	0.1754	18,200	10,403,761
133	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	64.6	27.7	36.2	41.5	36.8	42.8	0.1690	2,300	1,341,151
134	Jamaica	Americas	36.4	23.9	54.9	54.5	49.7	41.7	0.1548	4,200	2,715,000
135	Barbados	Americas	57.6	17.5	42.3	23.1	42.3	38.5	0.1488	400	284,644
136	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	78.8	68.5	54.4	67.3	56.0	63.6	0.1464	64,900	44,353,691
137	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.6	64.8	79.8	59.0	58.0	67.4	0.1326	30,400	22,924,851
138	Belarus	Europe	64.6	97.3	36.4	54.5	34.7	56.8	0.1215	11,500	9,466,000
139	Romania	Europe	25.8	50.1	34.8	42.8	40.6	38.1	0.1132	22,600	19,963,581
140	Latvia	Europe	43.4	34.8	30.0	38.8	45.1	37.7	0.1132	2,300	2,013,385
141	Singapore	Asia Pacific	22.2	51.9	28.2	16.8	59.4	35.1	0.0998	5,400	5,399,200
142	Israel	Middle East and North Africa	29.3	43.9	28.7	32.0	58.4	37.8	0.0806	6,500	8,059,400
143	Brazil	Americas	22.2	28.0	33.3	50.2	42.5	34.6	0.0775	155,300	200,361,925
144	Cuba	Americas	68.2	97.3	51.6	44.8	1.0	55.5	0.0362	4,100	11,265,629
145	United States	Americas	8.1	17.9	22.2	26.1	25.4	19.9	0.0190	60,100	316,128,839
146	Italy	Europe	32.8	21.9	24.0	38.1	31.3	29.6	0.0190	11,400	59,831,093
147	Germany	Europe	11.6	24.7	25.1	14.4	12.2	17.6	0.0130	10,500	80,621,788
148	France	Europe	25.8	25.8	28.0	21.0	23.9	22.8	0.0130	8,600	66,028,467
149	United Kingdom	Europe	8.1	10.3	17.1	18.4	17.6	15.1	0.0130	8,300	64,097,085
150	Spain	Europe	15.1	27.9	22.8	22.6	17.6	22.7	0.0130	6,100	46,647,421
151	Canada	Americas	8.1	16.8	25.4	11.2	19.7	15.5	0.0130	4,600	35,158,304
152	Taiwan	Asia Pacific	11.6	28.4	17.1	27.7	28.9	22.7	0.0130	3,000	23,340,000
153	Australia	Asia Pacific	11.6	2.9	24.8	13.5	15.1	11.5	0.0130	3,000	23,130,900
154	Netherlands	Europe	11.6	9.2	25.1	13.5	8.4	11.4	0.0130	2,200	16,804,224
155	Belgium	Europe	4.5	18.1	26.8	14.9	15.9	16.0	0.0130	1,500	11,195,138
156	Greece	Europe	36.4	49.8	30.2	43.3	50.9	41.4	0.0130	1,400	11,032,328
157	Portugal	Europe	18.7	13.0	28.2	17.0	29.7	21.4	0.0130	1,400	10,459,806
158	Sweden	Europe	8.1	15.7	26.5	10.1	10.9	13.5	0.0130	1,200	9,592,552
159	Austria	Europe	4.5	17.3	23.9	14.4	14.4	14.9	0.0130	1,100	8,473,786
160	Switzerland	Europe	32.8	23.3	21.1	10.6	25.5	22.0	0.0130	1,100	8,081,482
161	Denmark	Europe	43.4	16.8	25.2	3.5	6.2	18.4	0.0130	700	5,613,706
162	Finland	Europe	4.5	22.2	26.2	8.9	14.4	16.0	0.0130	700	5,439,407
163	Norway	Europe	11.6	16.0	25.6	7.8	2.5	11.3	0.0130	700	5,084,190
164	New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15.1	8.6	26.6	6.6	6.8	12.7	0.0130	600	4,470,800
165	Luxembourg	Europe	32.8	2.4	10.9	9.9	21.6	17.0	0.0130	<100	543,202
166	Ireland	Europe	18.7	18.1	27.1	16.7	19.5	20.7	0.0070	300	4,595,281
167	Iceland	Europe	54.0	19.0	22.4	12.1	3.0	20.0	0.0070	<100	323,002

Global Slavery Index 2013

The following is a ranking of the top 30 countries/territories in order of the lowest prevalence of modern slavery. The full rankings can be found in the Walk Free Foundation's website.^[10]

1.  Iceland,  Ireland,  United Kingdom
4.  New Zealand
5.  Austria,  Belgium,  Denmark,  Finland,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Norway,  Sweden,   Switzerland
14.  Cuba
15.  Portugal,  Spain
17.  Costa Rica
18.  Panama
19.  Canada
20.  Mauritius
21.  Singapore
22.  Hong Kong
23.  France,  Netherlands
25.  Australia
26.  South Korea
27.  Germany
28.  Barbados
29.  India
30.  Trinidad and Tobago
31.  Italy
32.  Latvia
33.  Japan

References

External links

• Official website