The Global Slavery Index, published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation, lists India as the country with by far the most slaves, with an estimated nearly 14 million, followed by China (2.9 million) and Pakistan (2.1 million).
The top 10 countries on
its list of shame accounted for more than three quarters of the 29.8
million people living in slavery, with Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh completing the list.
In terms of countries with the highest of proportion of slaves, Mauritania in West Africa topped the table, with about 4% of its 3.4 million people enslaved, followed by Haiti, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
The index, whose authors
claim it contains the most authoritative data on slavery conditions
worldwide, is the product of Australian mining magnate and
philanthropist Andrew Forrest's commitment to stamp out global slavery.
Forrest, ranked by Forbes
as Australia's fifth richest man, with an estimated net worth of $5.7
billion, adopted the cause after his daughter volunteered in an
orphanage in Nepal in 2008, where she encountered victims of child sex
trafficking. Forrest is a signatory to the Giving Pledge started by
billionaire investor Warren Buffett, whose members commit to donating at
least half their wealth to philanthropic causes.
The index, which draws on
10 years of research into slavery and was produced by a team of 4
authors supported by 22 other experts, is the inaugural edition of what
will be an annual report. It ranks 162 countries according to the number
of people living in slavery, the risk of enslavement and the robustness
of government responses to the problem.
Walk Free policy and
research manager Gina Dafalia told CNN the report was intended to shine a
spotlight on the issue, and quantify the extent of the problem in
different countries before anti-slavery initiatives were launched. So
far, she said, Walk Free, along with partners Humanity United and the
Legatum Foundation, had pledged a total of $100 million to stamp out the
practice.
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