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The Global Slavery Index 2023
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Global Slavery Index 2023 Dataset
Download the country-level data on prevalence of modern slavery, vulnerability to modern slavery, and government responses to modern slavery. This also includes data on G20 at-risk imports, our assessments of corporate modern slavery statements, and the dataset behind the Promising Practices Database.
Foreword
Download the foreword by Walk Free’s Founding Director, Grace Forrest.
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Executive Summary
Download the executive summary of the Global Slavery Index 2023.
Essays
Download essays on key themes written by survivors and frontline voices.
Climate change and human rights: The inextricable link
by Vanessa Nakate
Surviving the unimaginable, but thriving only when we disrupt the cycle
by Nadia Murad
Controlling COVID-19, compounding injustice: The impact of pandemic control measures on modern slavery
by a survivor collective in India
The real price of our purchases: How consumer culture fuels modern slavery
by Nasreen Sheikh
Global Findings
Download the Global Slavery Index 2023 key findings on modern slavery around the world.
Regional Findings
Download the Global Slavery Index 2023 regional key findings.
Regional overview
Africa
Americas
Arab States
Asia & the Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Spotlights
Download Walk Free’s analysis on key drivers of modern slavery, selected forms of modern slavery, and sectors at risk of modern slavery.
Understanding forced and child marriage
Anti-social: Modern slavery on social media
Guardians and offenders: Examining state-imposed forced labour
Modern slavery: A weapon and consequence of war
The costs of the climate crisis
by Anti-Slavery International and Walk Free
Disempowered, dehumanised, deported: life under the kafala system
Orphanages as modern slavery hubs
by Hopeland and Walk Free
Investing in exploitation
Stitched with slavery in the seams
Charting progress against forced labour at sea
Forced labour: chocolate’s hidden ingredient
Importing products at risk of forced labour
Download the assessment of the highest value products at risk of forced labour imported by G20 countries.
Appendices
Download the methodology behind the Global Slavery Index 2023, including how we identified the highest value products at risk of forced labour imported by G20 countries.
Bibliography of products at risk of modern slavery
Download the bibliography used to identify the at-risk products in our Importing Risk analysis.
Country Studies
Download Walk Free’s analysis of modern slavery in selected countries.
Asia and the Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Country Snapshots
Download a summary of the key findings for each country assessed in the Global Slavery Index 2023.