Norway and Switzerland were the two countries in the world with the lowest prevalence of modern slavery. In the two European countries, only 0.5 people per 1,000 inhabitants were living in modern slavery. Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden followed with 0.6. On the other hand, North Korea had the highest prevalence at 104.6 per 1,000 population.
Countries with the smallest number of people in modern slavery per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021
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