Share of sex trafficking victims in West Africa 2003-2023, by gender

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Saifaddin Galal,
Jan 31, 2025
Between 2003 and 2023, 63 percent of the sex trafficking victims in West Africa were females. During this period, child sex trafficking in this region was among the highest in the world, with 42 percent of the victims being between 0-17 years.

Distribution of sex trafficking victims in Western Africa between 2003 and 2023, by gender

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February 2024

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Africa

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2003 to 2023

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Figures include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

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