Trafficking and HIV/AIDS Project
Data Comparison Sheets
The information displayed in these data comparison sheets is a compilation of the statements appearing in the database.
They do not reflect UNESCO’s views but what has been cited by or attributed to various organizations. We encourage agencies and individuals to provide updates and commentaries in their areas of expertise: trafficking[at]unescobkk.org
- Data comparison sheet #1 : Worldwide Trafficking Estimates (v. 2)
- Data comparison sheet #2 : Proportion of underage sex workers in Thailand
- Data comparison sheet #3 : Distribution of sex services venues by type in Thailand, 1997 - 2003
- Data comparison sheet #4 : Number of sex workers and sex services venues in Thailand, 1997 - 2003
TRAFFICKING ESTIMATES
Agency Year of publication | Estimate | Target Population | Sources and Links | Methods and limits |
US STATE 2008 | 600 to 800 000 people | Transborders Focus: Human trafficking global estimation based on TVPA 2000 | Trafficking in persons report, Washington DC, 2008, p.7 [Link] | Use of Monte Carlo simulation as the basis for estimating the risk of being trafficked. This estimation will depend on several quantitative criteria such as “age”, “sex”, neglecting other qualitative criteria as important as “knowledge of migration network”, “cultural factor”…. |
ILO 2008 | 2.44 millions Specifics: 43%: sexual exploitation 32%: labor exploitation 25%: mixture of both 1.2 million are minors | Trans and intra borders Focus: Human trafficking global estimation based on trafficking protocole The report also extimates the annual profits made by traffickers worldwide | General report, 18th International conference on labor statistics, 2008, p.10 [Link] “ A global alliance against forced labor”, 2005 [Link] “Forced Labor and Human Trafficking: estimating the profits”, 2005 [Link] | ILO used “capture/recapture method”, here based on reported cases, to estimate the total number of trafficking victims worldwide between 1995 and 2004 Estimation reliability depends mainly on the quality and the quantity (proportionality) of those cases |
UNICEF 2005 | "however, one estimate suggests that 50% of trafficking victims worlwide are children" | Trans and intra borders Focus: Eestimation of child trafficking | Combating Child trafficking; An handbook for parliamentarian, 2005,p13 [Link] ILO/IPEC: Every child counts, a new global estimates on child labor, ILO, Geneva, 2002 [Link] | “There are no exact estimates of the numbers of trafficked children at this time” |
UNIFEM 2009 | "Estimates of the number of trafficked persons range from 500 000 to 2 million per year" | Undeterminated/ unavailable | UNIFEM Website, Facts & Figures on Violence Against Women, 01/2009[Link] | “While exact data are hard to come by” |
UNHCR 2008 | Reference to ILO estimation (2.5 million men, women and children) Reference to US dept. of state estimation (800 000 people) | Trans and intra border | Review of UNHCR’s efforts to prevent and respond to human trafficking, 09/2008, p.5 [Link] | “Although there is a wide range of estimates regarding the extent of the problem, it is difficult to state with a high degree of certainty how many trafficking victims there are world wide” |
UNDOC 2008 | “This Report does not estimate the number of victims trafficked. The indicators used in this report are based on the frequency with which the subject is reported by the source institutions”. | The report contains detailed information on 161 countries, including information on persons trafficked from, through, to, and within a country; trafficking routes; trafficking for sexual exploitation versus forced labor; and the nationality, sex, and age of victims and offenders. | UNODC Report:"Trafficking in Persons:Global Patterns", 2006, p.120[Link] UNODC e-newsletter, Perspectives n.3 [Link] | UNODC analyzes data from government statistics, reports of international organizations and NGOs, academic research, and media reports on over 5,000 episodes of trafficking |
IOM 2008 | Relatives information’s on registered cases such as: Victims (Sex, age, socio eco. status, education) Traffickers Trafficking routes and modus operandi Patterns of exploitation and re-trafficking | Focus: Registred human trafficking cases | Trafficking Module Database, which includes13018 registered cases in June 2008—from 50 source countries and 78 destination countries—registered since November 1999 [Link] | Fragmented approach. Data only collected where IOM has a presence. Findings may not easily be generalize. |