The World Of Modern Slavery

A HUFFINGTON POST GRAPHIC The World Of Modern Slavery Almost 30 million people worldwide are living as slaves, according to a shocking new report from The Global Slavery Index. The index defines modern day slavery as debt bondage, human trafficking and forced marriage. India ranks the highest with 14 million people living as slaves. Here are the ten countries where the most people are enslaved. Russia 516,217 Pakistan 2,127,132 China Ethiopia 651,110 2,949,243 Thailand 472,811 Nigeria 701,032 Burma DR Congo 462,327 384,037 Bangladesh 343,192 India 13,956,010 There are an estimated 29.8 4% 76% MILLION Mauritania has the highest proportion of slaves, with about 4% of its 3.8 million India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh account for 76% of the enslaved people globally people in modern slavery globally people enslaved Source: Global Slavery Index THE HUFFINGTON POST