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Orphan & Trafficking Statistics
 Orphan Statistics
  • 80% of children in orphan homes worldwide have at least one living parent[1]
  • An estimated 8 million children live in orphanages and other institutions worldwide, but 80 percent are not orphans
  • Research shows orphanages harm children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development
  • Institutionalisation of very young children has a similar impact on early brain development to severe malnutrition or maternal drug use during pregnancy
  • Young adults raised in institutions are 10 times more likely to fall into sex work than their peers, and 500 times more likely to take their own lives
  • Placing a child in an orphanage quadruples the risk of sexual violence
 Child Trafficking Statistics

International

  • There are more than 4 million victims of sex trafficking globally
  • 99% are women and girls
  • 7 in 10 victims were exploited in Asia and the Pacific region[1]
  • Profits from forced sexual labor are estimated at $99 billion worldwide[2]
  • Profits are highest per sex trafficking victim in developed economies[3]
[1] 2014 report from the International Labour Organization on forced labor [2] 2014 report from the International Labour Organization on forced labor [3] 2014 report from the International Labour Organization on forced labor

United States:

  • National Statistics[1] [2]
    • 1,954 cases of child sex trafficking in the U.S. were reported in 2017
    • 834 cases were reported in 2012, which shows the problem is increasing
    • There are an estimated 100,000 – 300,000 prostituted children in the U.S.
244,000 American children and youth are estimated to be at risk of child sexual exploitation, including commercial sexual exploitation. Runaways and [1] Human Trafficking Hotline: https://humantraffickinghotline.org [2] http://www.htcourts.org/wp-content/uploads/CO-HT-Fact-Sheet-3.12.13.pdf?Factsheet=HT-CO

Colorado Statistics

    • 28 cases of child sex trafficking in Colorado were reported in 2017
    • 14 were reported in 2012, which shows the problem is increasing
    • According to the Colorado Department of Human Services homeless youth will be actively recruited for sexual exploitation or other forms of human trafficking within 48 hours of leaving home.
  • Denver ranks the Top 30th city in the U.S. for highest number of sex trafficking cases annually
    • Last October 15th, 2017, 17 minors were rescued in Denver, some as young as 3 months and 5 years old
      • 18 predators and 4 pimps were caught attempting to pay for sex
    • In Denver alone the commercial sex industry brings in estimated profits of $60 million each year.[1]
  • Operation Cross Country – an FBI investigation[2]
    • In 2017, 120 traffickers were caught and 84 victims were rescued
      • Of those 84 victims, 13% were rescued in Colorado

[1] Colorado Human Trafficking Fact Sheet. Center for Public Policy Studies. http://www.htcourts.org/wp-content/uploads/CO-HT-Fact-Sheet-3.12.13.pdf?Factsheet=HT-CO

[2] Operation Cross Country XI, FBI https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-cross-country-xi

Nepal:

  • In Nepal, up to 10,000 women and girls are trafficked to India for sexual exploitation and indentured servitude annually
  • 3% of victims (and their families) are illiterate
  • 61% of victims (and their families) are living at poverty (the international poverty line is $2/day)
  • Structurally violent and patriarchal society persists that put women and girls at a specific disadvantage in terms of finding economic opportunity and avoiding exploitation
  • Where economic alternatives and access to education do not exist, women and girls are more vulnerable to being tricked and coerced into sexual servitude
  • Traffickers use promise of an education or job to lure victims away

[1] UNICEF

[1] 2014 report from the International Labour Organization on forced labor

[1] 2014 report from the International Labour Organization on forced labor

[1] 2014 report from the International Labour Organization on forced labor

[1] Human Trafficking Hotline: https://humantraffickinghotline.org

[1] http://www.htcourts.org/wp-content/uploads/CO-HT-Fact-Sheet-3.12.13.pdf?Factsheet=HT-CO

[1] Colorado Human Trafficking Fact Sheet. Center for Public Policy Studies. http://www.htcourts.org/wp-content/uploads/CO-HT-Fact-Sheet-3.12.13.pdf?Factsheet=HT-CO

[1] Operation Cross Country XI, FBI https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-cross-country-xi

“Orphan & Child Trafficking Statistics.” Global Orphan Prevention, 23 Nov. 2021, https://globalorphanprevention.org/statistics.