Share of children among trafficking victims worldwide 2022, by region and gender
The share of children of the victims of human trafficking in the world varies greatly from region to region. In Central America and the Caribbean, almost ** percent of the victims were children, and over ** percent of all the victims were girls. Children also made up a majority of the victims in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and in the former, the share of boys was slightly higher than the share of girls. In many regions, women made up most of the victims, but in North America, over ****** percent were men.
