Number of children involved in forced labor worldwide 2021, by form

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 12, 2022
Of the 3.3 million children in forced exploitation worldwide in 2021, more than half are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, counting nearly 1.7 millions. Moreover, 1.3 million children were victims of forced labor exploitation.

Number of children involved in forced labor worldwide in 2021, by form of forced labor (in millions)

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September 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Prison sentences under conditions contrary to ILO standards (for example in North Korea) and forms of labour organised by authoritarian states, militias or rebel groups (for example, see DR of Congo).

Numbers are estimates.

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