Most common forms of exploitation of trafficking victims, by gender 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, May 19, 2025

A large majority of the human trafficking victims trafficked for forced sexual exploitation were women. In total, more than ** percent of the detected victims in 2022 were either women or girls. On the other hand, around ** percent of those trafficked for forced labor were men.

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Share of human trafficking victims worldwide in 2022, by form of exploitation and gender

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Release date

January 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Number of respondents

26,697 victims*

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*3,969 detected victims of sexual exploitation, 20,167 victims of forced labor, 11,139 victims of other purposes.

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