Flows of trafficking victims 2017-2020, by region of detection

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 2, 2025

Between 2017 and 2020, most of the detected victims of human trafficking in the world were found within their own country. This was the case for ** percent of the victims in 2020. Moreover, nearly ** percent were detected within the same region, while ** percent were trafficked to another region not nearby.

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Share of human trafficking victims from 2017 to 2020, by region of detection

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Release date

January 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017 to 2020

Supplementary notes

The number of detected victims was as follows:
2017: 49,201.
2018: 29,525.
2019: 38,042.
2020: 34,667.

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