Over 35 Million Adults Are in Slavery Worldwide, Right Now
by Peter Graham on Nov 21, 2014 | Views: 267 | Score: 2
| Number of people in slavery in each country, in millions | |
| India | 14.3 |
| China | 3.2 |
| Pakistan | 2.1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Nigeria | 0.8 |
| Indonesia | 0.7 |
| Ethiopia | 0.4 |
| Nepal | 0.2 |
| Brazil | 0.2 |
| Other | 12.9 |
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Sources:
, gallup.com, d3mj66ag90b5fy.cloudfront.net
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Among the estimated 35.8 million adults in slavery worldwide, over a third are in India. China, Pakistan, and Russia all contain an enslaved population of at least 1 million. Brazil is the only country in the top 9 from the Western hemisphere, with an estimated enslaved population of over 200,000.