What are the leading countries in slave labor?

There is still slavery in 2016 - and not just



India is the country that accumulates the highest number of slaves on the planet. It is estimated that there are over 18 million people being forced to work in functions such as domestic work, construction industry, jobs on farms, fishing centers, manual labor and prostitution.




The proportion of Chinese slave labor front of the total population is 0.24%. - Number is not so high when compared other places in the ranking of countries (such as India itself has 1.4% It turns out that as the local population is huge this means that more than 3 million people are enslaved in the country. most of the victims are women, often foreign, who are forced to perform domestic, rural tasks and constantly suffer sexual abuse




More than two million people are enslaved in Pakistan, most of them are women forced to marry.



Bangladesh has a big problem with child labor. The local government even tried to create some laws in an attempt to reduce the flow, but there are still over 1.5 million people working in conditions of slavery. Children are commonly placed to perform duties in mines and factories, and many girls are forced to marry.



Uzbekistan has 1.2 million people working as slaves - most of them working in the cotton harvest. As the local population is small, the number means that 3.9% of the population is forced to work without benefits.





When proportions, North Korea has frightening results: 4.3% of the population is enslaved - it is the largest on the planet number. In absolute terms, the data means that 1.1 million people work in slave-like conditions in the country, being forced to act in mining, logging, construction and textile production.




Brazil is one of the most praised by the report countries. According to the survey, the nation has 0.07% of the population being enslaved - are 161 thousand people. The country is in 52nd place in the ranking (the second best posível position). What the study shows is that Brazilian law is strictly against this kind of action, which should cause the numbers are getting better.