Prevalence within Africa
On any given day in 2016, an estimated 9.2 million men, women, and children were living in modern slavery in Africa. The region has the highest rate of prevalence, with 7.6 people living in modern slavery for every 1,000 people in the region.
When considering the forms of modern slavery, the rate of forced marriage (4.8 victims per 1,000 people in the region) was higher than the rate of forced labour (2.8 victims per 1,000 people in the region).
Over half of all victims of forced labour exploitation (54 percent) were held in debt bondage, with similar proportions of men and women in the region trapped through debt. An estimated 400,000 people in the region were victims of forced sexual exploitation, accounting for eight percent of all victims of forced sexual exploitation and commercial sexual exploitation of children worldwide.
Within the region, Eritrea, Burundi, and Central African Republic were the countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery; however, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo had the highest absolute number and accounted for over one-quarter (26.3 percent) of all victims in the region.
These regional figures, while important, should be interpreted cautiously given the gaps and limitations of data in certain countries. For example, it is not possible to survey in countries that are experiencing profound and current conflict, such as Libya, South Sudan, and parts of Nigeria. The lack of data from countries experiencing conflict means that modern slavery estimates in these countries are likely to understate the problem.1
Table 1
Estimated prevalence of modern slavery by country, Africa
Table 1
Estimated prevalence of modern slavery by country, Africa
Regional
Country
Estimated prevalence (victims per 1,000 population)
Estimated absolute number of victims
Population
1 Eritrea 93.0 451,000 4,847,000
2 Burundi 40.0 408,000 10,199,000
3 Central African Republic 22.3 101,000 4,546,000
4 Mauritania 21.4 90,000 4,182,000
5 South Sudan 20.5 243,000 11,882,000
6 Somalia 15.5 216,000 13,908,000
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.7 1,045,000 76,197,000
8 Sudan 12.0 465,000 38,648,000
9 Chad 12.0 168,000 14,009,000
10 Rwanda 11.6 134,000 11,630,000
11 Swaziland 8.8 12,000 1,319,000
12 Congo 8.0 40,000 4,996,000
Regional
Country
Estimated prevalence (victims per 1,000 population)
Estimated absolute number of victims
Population
1 Eritrea 93.0 451,000 4,847,000
2 Burundi 40.0 408,000 10,199,000
3 Central African Republic 22.3 101,000 4,546,000
4 Mauritania 21.4 90,000 4,182,000
5 South Sudan 20.5 243,000 11,882,000
6 Somalia 15.5 216,000 13,908,000
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.7 1,045,000 76,197,000
8 Sudan 12.0 465,000 38,648,000
9 Chad 12.0 168,000 14,009,000
10 Rwanda 11.6 134,000 11,630,000
11 Swaziland 8.8 12,000 1,319,000
12 Congo 8.0 40,000 4,996,000
13 Guinea 7.8 94,000 12,092,000
14 Libya 7.7 48,000 6,235,000
15 Nigeria 7.7 1,386,000 181,182,000
16 Uganda 7.6 304,000 40,145,000
17 Madagascar 7.5 182,000 24,234,000
18 Malawi 7.5 131,000 17,574,000
19 Guinea-Bissau 7.5 13,000 1,771,000
20 Liberia 7.4 33,000 4,500,000
21 Angola 7.2 199,000 27,859,000
22 Djibouti 7.1 7,000 927,000
23 Kenya 6.9 328,000 47,236,000
24 Cameroon 6.9 157,000 22,835,000
25 Togo 6.8 50,000 7,417,000
26 Niger 6.7 133,000 19,897,000
27 Zimbabwe 6.7 105,000 15,777,000
28 Equatorial Guinea 6.4 7,000 1,175,000
29 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.2 336,000 53,880,000
30 Ethiopia 6.1 614,000 99,873,000
31 Côte d'Ivoire 5.9 137,000 23,108,000
32 Gambia 5.8 11,000 1,978,000
33 Zambia 5.7 92,000 16,101,000
34 Egypt 5.5 518,000 93,778,000
35 Benin 5.5 58,000 10,576,000
36 Mozambique 5.4 152,000 28,011,000
37 Sierra Leone 5.0 36,000 7,237,000
38 Ghana 4.8 133,000 27,583,000
39 Gabon 4.8 9,000 1,930,000
40 Burkina Faso 4.5 82,000 18,111,000
41 Lesotho 4.2 9,000 2,175,000
42 Cape Verde 4.1 2,000 533,000
43 Mali 3.6 62,000 17,468,000
44 Botswana 3.4 8,000 2,209,000
45 Namibia 3.3 8,000 2,426,000
46 Senegal 2.9 43,000 14,977,000
47 South Africa 2.8 155,000 55,291,000
48 Algeria 2.7 106,000 39,872,000
49 Morocco 2.4 85,000 34,803,000
50 Tunisia 2.2 25,000 11,274,000
51 Mauritius 1.0 1,000 1,259,000
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Hassan Farah
علي عبدالوهاب عثمان
محمد أبوالعزائم أبوالريش
فيس بوك
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يوتيوب
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