10 countries with the most people living in modern slavery

An estimated 35.8 million men, women and children are currently trapped in modern slavery around the world, according to a recent report — 71% of whom live in just 10 countries.
The 2014 Global Slavery Index, published by the Walk Free Foundation, analyzed the state of slavery, forced labor and human trafficking in 167 countries worldwide. It reported that India has the highest number of people living in modern slavery by far, with more than 14 million people. Following in second place is China (3.24 million people), then Pakistan (2.06 million people), Uzbekistan (1.2 million) and Russia (1.05 million).
However, the report found that on a per capita basis, modern slavery is most prevalent in Mauritania; 4% of the West African nation's population — that's approximately 155,600 people — are living in modern slavery.
When it comes to government response, most countries in the index are taking action, the report noted. All of the countries, except North Korea, have legislation in place that criminalizes some form of modern slavery.
However, even the countries with the best resources in place, such as the United States, have less-than-perfect responses, as they are plagued by underfunding and a predominant focus on commercial sexual exploitation (that is, failing to focus on other forms of modern slavery).
The following chart, created by statistics portal Statista, shows the 10 countries with the highest amount of people living in modern slavery.

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