Children are among the most vulnerable to slavery. There are at least 8.4 million children currently suffering exploitation all over the world.

• 1 in 4 modern slavery victims are children

• There are 4.4 child victims for every 1000 children in the world

• 37% of those forced to marry are children

• Children account for 18% of persons in private forced labour

• 21% of victims of the sex trade are children

Right now, at least 6 million people are trapped in circumstances of sexual exploitation.

• 99% of victims of the sex trade are women and children.

• More than 7 in 10 victims are exploited in Asia and the Pacific region.

• 54% of trafficking victims are trafficked for the sex trade.

• The sex trade makes an approximated $99 billion a year.

There are almost 28 million people in forced labour. They are coerced through violence, intimidation or subtler techniques such as debt-accumulation or the retention of documents.

• The private economy is where the majority of forced labour cases are located, but almost 4 million people are now in state-imposed forced labour, and over 6 million people are victims of forced commercial sexual exploitation, which is counted separately from the private economy.

• Of those exploited in the private sector, 57% are women.

• Domestic workers account for 24% of all forced labourers.

• Construction, manufacturing, agriculture and fishery sectors account for 34% of forced labourers.

• Debt bondage affects half of all victims of forced labour.

• Most victims suffer from multiple forms of coercion including the withholding of wages, threats or acts of violence against them or their family.