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The numbers behind human trafficking.
Key figures from the agencies and researchers who collect them. Each number links to its source, so you can check it and share it accurately.
Last checked November 1, 2026. Spot something out of date? Email admin@tharros.one.
United States
What gets reported here
Potential human trafficking situations identified through the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline in fiscal year 2024.
Source: HHS Office on Trafficking in Persons, National Hotline data, FY2024
Calls, texts, chats, emails and tips the hotline received in fiscal year 2024.
Source: HHS Office on Trafficking in Persons, National Hotline data, FY2024
Reports of online enticement of children, including sextortion, made to NCMEC in 2025. That is up 156% from 2024.
Reports of suspected child sexual exploitation made to NCMEC's CyberTipline in 2025.
Close to home
Massachusetts and Tennessee
Where our team lives and works.
Trafficking cases identified through the National Hotline in Massachusetts, as listed for 2025 on the hotline's state page.
Source: National Human Trafficking Hotline, Massachusetts statistics
Trafficking cases identified through the National Hotline in Tennessee, as listed for 2025 on the hotline's state page.
Source: National Human Trafficking Hotline, Tennessee statistics
Human trafficking tips received by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in 2025, leading to 76 cases and 161 arrests.
Source: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Human Trafficking Annual Report 2025
Worldwide
The global picture
People living in modern slavery on any given day in 2021: 28 million in forced labour and 22 million in forced marriage.
Source: ILO, Walk Free & IOM, Global Estimates of Modern Slavery (2022)
Children in forced labour, almost one in eight of everyone in forced labour.
Illegal profits from forced labour every year. 73% comes from forced commercial sexual exploitation.
Source: ILO, Profits and Poverty (2024)
Share of detected trafficking victims worldwide who are children (2022 data). Detected victims rose 25% compared with 2019.
Source: UN Regional Information Centre summary of the UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2024
Share of detected victims trafficked for forced labour versus sexual exploitation in 2022. Forced labour is now the most detected form.
Source: UNODC, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2024, key points
Trafficking victims identified by governments worldwide in 2024, with 7,975 convictions.
Source: U.S. Department of State, 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report
Reading the numbers
These are the cases that get found.
Every figure here counts cases that were reported, detected or identified. Most trafficking is never reported, so the true numbers are higher. Sources count differently, so compare figures only within the same source.