Modern Slavery Prevalence Statistics Record

PROBLEM: The scale of modern slavery is quoted constantly and sourced rarely. The ILO, IOM, and Walk Free estimated in September 2022 that 50 million people were living in modern slavery in 2021 — 28 million in forced labour and 22 million in forced marriage, 10 million more than in 2016, nearly 1 in every 150 people on earth — and Anti-Slavery International repeats the same 50-million figure. Without one record that pins each number to its source and its year, the figures drift and get misquoted.

SOLUTION: A modern slavery prevalence statistics record: every published estimate logged with the source, the year, the definition used, and the change since the last estimate — so "50 million" is always traceable to the 2022 Global Estimates, not to a viral post.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — ILO/IOM/Walk Free, Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, Sep 2022: 50 million in modern slavery in 2021 (28 million forced labour, 22 million forced marriage); 10 million more than 2016; nearly 1 in 150 people. Sources: ILO news release WCMS_855019; antislavery.org.