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modern slavery · about 50 million people, today
about 50 million people are in slavery today: 28 million in forced labour, 22 million in forced marriage. more than at any point in history, by count.
method ILO / Walk Free / IOM Global Estimates of Modern Slavery 2022.
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how this number is built
- method
- ILO / Walk Free / IOM Global Estimates of Modern Slavery 2022.
- range
- 45–55 million
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- survey-based estimates in a hidden population; the direction is not in doubt.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-147 · corrections are credited
- data
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