Country rankings
Countries that Still Have Slavery
India has the highest Estimated Slaves in 2023 (11,050,000), followed by China (5,771,000) and North Korea (2,696,000). Mauritius has the lowest (2,000).
Law178 countries · 4 metricsUpdated May 19, 2025Original page
8 sources
- Global Slavery Index 2023 - Walk Free
- Global Slavery Index Dataset 2023 - MAP - Walk Free
- Global Estimates of Modern Slavery - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Summary of Findings - Antislavery in Domestic Legislation
- 2018 Highlights - Global Slavery Index
- Countries that still have slavery - Borgen Project
- What is Modern Slavery? - U.S. Department of State
- Slave states and free states - Wiki
Year 2023159 of 235 countries
Estimated Slaves, 2023
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 159 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
72,000
Middle half 25.5K – 172.5K
Average
312,050
159 countries
Highest
11,050,000
India
Lowest
2,000
Mauritius
Data
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178 countries · # = rank by Estimated Slaves
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | 11,050,000 | 8.0 per 1k | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2 |  China | 5,771,000 | 4.0 per 1k | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 3 |  North Korea | 2,696,000 | 104.6 per 1k | 67.0% | -3% |
| 4 |  Pakistan | 2,349,000 | 10.6 per 1k | 80.0% | 37.0% |
| 5 |  Russia | 1,899,000 | 13.0 per 1k | 60.0% | 24.0% |
| 6 |  Indonesia | 1,833,000 | 6.7 per 1k | 49.0% | 50.0% |
| 7 |  Nigeria | 1,611,000 | 7.8 per 1k | 76.0% | 54.0% |
| 8 |  Turkey | 1,320,000 | 15.6 per 1k | 51.0% | 49.0% |
| 9 |  Bangladesh | 1,162,000 | 7.1 per 1k | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 10 |  United States | 1,091,000 | 3.3 per 1k | 25.0% | 67.0% |
| 11 |  Brazil | 1,053,000 | 5.0 per 1k | 47.0% | 51.0% |
| 12 |  Philippines | 859,000 | 7.8 per 1k | 66.0% | 59.0% |
| 13 |  Mexico | 850,000 | 6.6 per 1k | 58.0% | 55.0% |
| 14 |  Saudi Arabia | 740,000 | 21.3 per 1k | 53.0% | 49.0% |
| 15 |  Ethiopia | 727,000 | 6.3 per 1k | 67.0% | 45.0% |
| 16 |  Myanmar | 657,000 | 12.1 per 1k | 67.0% | 42.0% |
| 17 |  Iran | 597,000 | 7.1 per 1k | 68.0% | 8% |
| 18 |  Ukraine | 559,000 | 12.8 per 1k | 48.0% | 51.0% |
| 19 |  Afghanistan | 505,000 | 13.0 per 1k | 86.0% | — |
| 20 |  Egypt | 442,000 | 4.3 per 1k | 59.0% | 44.0% |
| 21 |  DR Congo | 407,000 | 4.5 per 1k | 94.0% | 36.0% |
| 22 |  Thailand | 401,000 | 5.7 per 1k | 46.0% | 55.0% |
| 23 |  Colombia | 397,000 | 7.8 per 1k | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 24 |  Vietnam | 396,000 | 4.1 per 1k | 44.0% | 47.0% |
| 25 |  Eritrea | 320,000 | 90.3 per 1k | 66.0% | 5% |
| 26 |  Venezuela | 270,000 | 9.5 per 1k | 66.0% | 27.0% |
| 27 |  Kenya | 269,000 | 5.0 per 1k | 66.0% | 46.0% |
| 28 |  Uzbekistan | 249,000 | 7.4 per 1k | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 29 |  Peru | 234,000 | 7.1 per 1k | 47.0% | 55.0% |
| 30 |  Iraq | 221,000 | 5.5 per 1k | 82.0% | 33.0% |
| 31 |  Poland | 209,000 | 5.5 per 1k | 19.0% | 55.0% |
| 32 |  Kazakhstan | 208,000 | 11.1 per 1k | 42.0% | 46.0% |
| 33 |  Malaysia | 202,000 | 6.3 per 1k | 37.0% | 45.0% |
| 34 |  Italy | 197,000 | 3.3 per 1k | 22.0% | 59.0% |
| 35 |  Ivory Coast | 193,000 | 7.3 per 1k | 59.0% | 37.0% |
| 36 |  Uganda | 190,000 | 4.2 per 1k | 66.0% | 46.0% |
| 37 |  Argentina | 189,000 | 4.2 per 1k | 36.0% | 58.0% |
| 38 |  South Korea | 180,000 | 3.5 per 1k | 29.0% | 38.0% |
| 38 |  Yemen | 180,000 | 6.0 per 1k | 89.0% | — |
| 40 |  Sudan | 174,000 | 4.0 per 1k | 82.0% | 26.0% |
| 41 |  Tanzania | 171,000 | 2.9 per 1k | 53.0% | 42.0% |
| 42 |  South Africa | 158,000 | 2.7 per 1k | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 43 |  Cameroon | 155,000 | 5.8 per 1k | 71.0% | 41.0% |
| 44 |  Syria | 153,000 | 8.7 per 1k | 83.0% | — |
| 45 |  Mauritania | 149,000 | 32.0 per 1k | 66.0% | 35.0% |
| 46 |  Romania | 145,000 | 7.5 per 1k | 26.0% | 58.0% |
| 47 |  Japan | 144,000 | 1.1 per 1k | 11.0% | 44.0% |
| 48 |  Guatemala | 140,000 | 7.8 per 1k | 57.0% | 47.0% |
| 49 |  Sri Lanka | 139,000 | 6.5 per 1k | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 50 |  Angola | 136,000 | 4.1 per 1k | 61.0% | 44.0% |
| 51 |  France | 135,000 | 2.1 per 1k | 13.0% | 62.0% |
| 51 |  Ecuador | 135,000 | 7.6 per 1k | 48.0% | 51.0% |
| 53 |  Tajikistan | 133,000 | 14.0 per 1k | 67.0% | 36.0% |
| 54 |  United Arab Emirates | 132,000 | 13.4 per 1k | 40.0% | 50.0% |
| 55 |  Madagascar | 127,000 | 4.6 per 1k | 60.0% | 42.0% |
| 56 |  United Kingdom | 122,000 | 1.8 per 1k | 14.0% | 68.0% |
| 57 |  South Sudan | 115,000 | 10.3 per 1k | 100.0% | — |
| 58 |  Niger | 112,000 | 4.6 per 1k | 76.0% | 37.0% |
| 59 |  Spain | 108,000 | 2.3 per 1k | 10.0% | 63.0% |
| 60 |  Azerbaijan | 107,000 | 10.6 per 1k | 57.0% | 59.0% |
| 60 |  Belarus | 107,000 | 11.3 per 1k | 41.0% | 47.0% |
| 62 |  Mali | 106,000 | 5.2 per 1k | 73.0% | 31.0% |
| 63 |  Jordan | 102,000 | 10.0 per 1k | 49.0% | 46.0% |
| 64 |  Somalia | 98,000 | 6.2 per 1k | 98.0% | 18.0% |
| 65 |  Nepal | 97,000 | 3.3 per 1k | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 65 |  Chad | 97,000 | 5.9 per 1k | 84.0% | 24.0% |
| 67 |  Zambia | 94,000 | 5.1 per 1k | 58.0% | 45.0% |
| 67 |  Haiti | 94,000 | 8.2 per 1k | 66.0% | 37.0% |
| 69 |  Mozambique | 93,000 | 3.0 per 1k | 67.0% | 45.0% |
| 69 |  Malawi | 93,000 | 4.9 per 1k | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 69 |  Papua New Guinea | 93,000 | 10.3 per 1k | 79.0% | 31.0% |
| 72 |  Ghana | 91,000 | 2.9 per 1k | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 73 |  Burundi | 89,000 | 7.5 per 1k | 77.0% | 29.0% |
| 74 |  Morocco | 85,000 | 2.3 per 1k | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 75 |  Algeria | 84,000 | 1.9 per 1k | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 76 |  Cambodia | 83,000 | 5.0 per 1k | 58.0% | 42.0% |
| 76 |  Bolivia | 83,000 | 7.2 per 1k | 47.0% | 47.0% |
| 78 |  Burkina Faso | 77,000 | 3.7 per 1k | 56.0% | 36.0% |
| 79 |  Zimbabwe | 74,000 | 5.0 per 1k | 75.0% | 27.0% |
| 80 |  Dominican Republic | 72,000 | 6.6 per 1k | 41.0% | 46.0% |
| 80 |  Turkmenistan | 72,000 | 11.9 per 1k | 47.0% | 26.0% |
| 82 |  Canada | 69,000 | 1.8 per 1k | 11.0% | 60.0% |
| 82 |  Honduras | 69,000 | 7.0 per 1k | 62.0% | 47.0% |
| 84 |  Greece | 66,000 | 6.4 per 1k | 21.0% | 62.0% |
| 85 |  Hungary | 63,000 | 6.6 per 1k | 19.0% | 55.0% |
| 86 |  Chile | 61,000 | 3.2 per 1k | 22.0% | 55.0% |
| 86 |  Cuba | 61,000 | 5.4 per 1k | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 86 |  Serbia | 61,000 | 7.0 per 1k | 34.0% | 56.0% |
| 89 |  Bulgaria | 59,000 | 8.5 per 1k | 26.0% | 55.0% |
| 90 |  Kyrgyzstan | 57,000 | 8.7 per 1k | 55.0% | 47.0% |
| 91 |  Rwanda | 55,000 | 4.3 per 1k | 53.0% | 50.0% |
| 91 |  Kuwait | 55,000 | 13.0 per 1k | 39.0% | 37.0% |
| 93 |  Guinea | 53,000 | 4.0 per 1k | 66.0% | 36.0% |
| 94 |  El Salvador | 52,000 | 8.1 per 1k | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 94 |  Lebanon | 52,000 | 7.6 per 1k | 60.0% | 33.0% |
| 96 |  Senegal | 49,000 | 2.9 per 1k | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| 96 |  Nicaragua | 49,000 | 7.3 per 1k | 54.0% | 36.0% |
| 98 |  Germany | 47,000 | 0.6 per 1k | 11.0% | 62.0% |
| 98 |  Libya | 47,000 | 6.8 per 1k | 80.0% | 10.0% |
| 100 |  Paraguay | 46,000 | 6.4 per 1k | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| 101 |  Czechia | 45,000 | 4.2 per 1k | 13.0% | 59.0% |
| 102 |  Republic of the Congo | 44,000 | 8.0 per 1k | 77.0% | 28.0% |
| 103 |  Slovakia | 42,000 | 7.7 per 1k | 16.0% | 58.0% |
| 104 |  Australia | 41,000 | 1.6 per 1k | 7% | 67.0% |
| 105 |  Taiwan | 40,000 | 1.7 per 1k | 21.0% | 47.0% |
| 106 |  Portugal | 39,000 | 3.8 per 1k | 6% | 67.0% |
| 107 |  Laos | 38,000 | 5.2 per 1k | 52.0% | 46.0% |
| 107 |  Moldova | 38,000 | 9.5 per 1k | 36.0% | 47.0% |
| 109 |  Benin | 37,000 | 3.0 per 1k | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 110 |  Albania | 34,000 | 11.8 per 1k | 40.0% | 62.0% |
| 111 |  Israel | 33,000 | 3.8 per 1k | 35.0% | 45.0% |
| 111 |  Oman | 33,000 | 6.5 per 1k | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 111 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33,000 | 10.1 per 1k | 36.0% | 58.0% |
| 114 |  Georgia | 31,000 | 7.8 per 1k | 38.0% | 62.0% |
| 115 |  Togo | 28,000 | 3.3 per 1k | 57.0% | 33.0% |
| 116 |  Tunisia | 27,000 | 2.3 per 1k | 48.0% | 47.0% |
| 116 |  Sierra Leone | 27,000 | 3.4 per 1k | 55.0% | 33.0% |
| 118 |  Armenia | 26,000 | 8.9 per 1k | 48.0% | 54.0% |
| 118 |  North Macedonia | 26,000 | 12.6 per 1k | 38.0% | 58.0% |
| 120 |  Central African Republic | 25,000 | 5.2 per 1k | 98.0% | 27.0% |
| 121 |  Croatia | 22,000 | 5.2 per 1k | 30.0% | 59.0% |
| 121 |  Jamaica | 22,000 | 7.3 per 1k | 45.0% | 51.0% |
| 123 |  Hong Kong | 21,000 | 2.8 per 1k | 28.0% | 32.0% |
| 124 |  Panama | 20,000 | 4.7 per 1k | 33.0% | 51.0% |
| 124 |  Qatar | 20,000 | 6.8 per 1k | 38.0% | 49.0% |
| 126 |  Austria | 17,000 | 1.9 per 1k | 8% | 62.0% |
| 126 |  Lithuania | 17,000 | 6.1 per 1k | 21.0% | 58.0% |
| 126 |  Gabon | 17,000 | 7.6 per 1k | 59.0% | 24.0% |
| 129 |  Liberia | 16,000 | 3.1 per 1k | 56.0% | 41.0% |
| 129 |  Costa Rica | 16,000 | 3.2 per 1k | 24.0% | 51.0% |
| 129 |  Gambia | 16,000 | 6.5 per 1k | 58.0% | 36.0% |
| 132 |  Mongolia | 13,000 | 4.0 per 1k | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 133 |  Singapore | 12,000 | 2.1 per 1k | 24.0% | 47.0% |
| 134 |  Belgium | 11,000 | 1.0 per 1k | 11.0% | 59.0% |
| 134 |  Equatorial Guinea | 11,000 | 7.8 per 1k | 69.0% | 22.0% |
| 134 |  Bahrain | 11,000 | 6.7 per 1k | 40.0% | 55.0% |
| 137 |  Netherlands | 10,000 | 0.6 per 1k | 6% | 67.0% |
| 137 |  Cyprus | 10,000 | 8.0 per 1k | 21.0% | 58.0% |
| 139 |  Guinea-Bissau | 9,000 | 4.5 per 1k | 80.0% | 33.0% |
| 139 |  Slovenia | 9,000 | 4.4 per 1k | 9% | 56.0% |
| 141 |  Finland | 8,000 | 1.4 per 1k | 5% | 60.0% |
| 141 |  New Zealand | 8,000 | 1.6 per 1k | 8% | 54.0% |
| 141 |  Timor-Leste | 8,000 | 6.1 per 1k | 51.0% | 35.0% |
| 144 |  Uruguay | 7,000 | 1.9 per 1k | 27.0% | 56.0% |
| 144 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 7,000 | 4.7 per 1k | 38.0% | 49.0% |
| 144 |  Djibouti | 7,000 | 7.1 per 1k | 57.0% | 36.0% |
| 147 |  Sweden | 6,000 | 0.6 per 1k | 7% | 63.0% |
| 147 |  Namibia | 6,000 | 2.4 per 1k | 47.0% | 44.0% |
| 147 |  Latvia | 6,000 | 3.4 per 1k | 17.0% | 59.0% |
| 150 |  Ireland | 5,000 | 1.1 per 1k | 9% | 63.0% |
| 150 |  Estonia | 5,000 | 4.1 per 1k | 15.0% | 56.0% |
| 152 |  Switzerland | 4,000 | 0.5 per 1k | 14.0% | 50.0% |
| 152 |  Denmark | 4,000 | 0.6 per 1k | 6% | 62.0% |
| 152 |  Botswana | 4,000 | 1.8 per 1k | 45.0% | 42.0% |
| 152 |  Lesotho | 4,000 | 1.6 per 1k | 59.0% | 40.0% |
| 152 |  Eswatini | 4,000 | 3.6 per 1k | 59.0% | 36.0% |
| 157 |  Norway | 3,000 | 0.5 per 1k | 1% | 63.0% |
| 157 |  Guyana | 3,000 | 4.2 per 1k | 41.0% | 51.0% |
| 159 |  Mauritius | 2,000 | 1.5 per 1k | 20.0% | 36.0% |
| — |  Fiji | — | — | — | 46.0% |
| — |  Solomon Islands | — | — | — | 31.0% |
| — |  Luxembourg | — | — | — | 51.0% |
| — |  Suriname | — | — | — | 31.0% |
| — |  Montenegro | — | — | — | 60.0% |
| — |  Maldives | — | — | — | 37.0% |
| — |  Cape Verde | — | — | — | 31.0% |
| — |  Brunei | — | — | — | 35.0% |
| — |  Belize | — | — | — | 45.0% |
| — |  Bahamas | — | — | — | 53.0% |
| — |  Iceland | — | — | — | 47.0% |
| — |  Vanuatu | — | — | — | 26.0% |
| — |  Barbados | — | — | — | 41.0% |
| — |  Saint Lucia | — | — | — | 51.0% |
| — |  Seychelles | — | — | — | 33.0% |
| — |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | — | 45.0% |
| — |  Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | — | 44.0% |
| — |  Liechtenstein | — | — | — | 31.0% |
| — |  Palau | — | — | — | 27.0% |
What correlates with Estimated Slaves (2023)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Estimated Slaves?
- India has the highest Estimated Slaves in 2023, at 11,050,000, followed by China (5,771,000) and North Korea (2,696,000).
- Which country has the lowest Estimated Slaves?
- Mauritius has the lowest Estimated Slaves in 2023, at 2,000.
- What is the median Estimated Slaves across countries?
- The median is 72,000 across the 159 countries with data in 2023.
- Where does the Countries that Still Have Slavery data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Slavery Index 2023 - Walk Free; Global Slavery Index Dataset 2023 - MAP - Walk Free; Global Estimates of Modern Slavery - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); Summary of Findings - Antislavery in Domestic Legislation.
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