The CIA World Factbook Edition 2024 Transnational Issues

Trafficking in persons In 20 editions of 36.

Trafficking in persons was published in 20 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2006 to 2025. The 2024 edition carries it in 55 entries, in its Transnational Issues section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2024 edition
55
the first edition with it
2006
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Trafficking in persons” (2006 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List:
  • (32 countries) Algeria,
  • Benin,
  • Burkina Faso,
  • Central African Republic,
  • Chad,
  • Republic of Congo,
  • Curaçao,
  • Dominican Republic,
  • Equatorial Guinea,
  • Fiji,
  • Gabon,
  • Guinea-Bissau,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Kuwait,
  • Kyrgyzstan,
  • Laos,
  • Lebanon,
  • Liberia,
  • Madagascar,
  • Maldives,
  • Mali,
  • Malta,
  • Marshall Islands,
  • Nepal,
  • Niger,
  • Rwanda,
  • Serbia,
  • Solomon Islands,
  • Tajikistan,
  • Uruguay,
  • Vanuatu,
  • Zimbabwe (2024)
Tier 3:
  • (21 countries) Afghanistan,
  • Belarus,
  • Brunei,
  • Burma,
  • Cambodia,
  • People's Republic of China,
  • Cuba,
  • Djibouti,
  • Eritrea,
  • Iran,
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
  • Macau,
  • Nicaragua,
  • Papua New Guinea,
  • Russia,
  • Sint Maarten,
  • South Sudan,
  • Sudan,
  • Syria,
  • Turkmenistan,
  • Venezuela (2024)

Africa

19 entries

Algeria

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch list — Algeria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Algeria was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/algeria/

Benin

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch list — Benin did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/benin/

Burkina Faso

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch list — Burkina Faso did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/

Central African Republic

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch list — The Central African Republic did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/central-african-republic/

Chad

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Chad was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/chad/

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore the Republic of the Congo remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/republic-of-the-congo/

Djibouti

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Djibouti does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so;
  • therefore, Djibouti remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/djibouti/

Equatorial Guinea

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — Equatorial Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but it is making significant efforts to do so and was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/equatorial-guinea/

Eritrea

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/eritrea/

Gabon

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — Gabon does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards;
  • therefore, Gabon was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/gabon/

Guinea-Bissau

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — The Government of Guinea-Bissau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Guinea-Bissau was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/guinea-bissau/

Liberia

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/liberia/

Madagascar

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards;
  • therefore, Madagascar was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/madagascar/

Mali

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch list — Mali did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/mali/

Niger

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Niger was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/niger/

Rwanda

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Rwanda was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/rwanda/

South Sudan

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — South Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, South Sudan remains on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/south-sudan/

Sudan

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so;
  • therefore, Sudan was downgraded to Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/sudan/

Zimbabwe

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Zimbabwe was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/zimbabwe/

Asia

9 entries

Afghanistan

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Afghanistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Afghanistan remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/afghanistan/

China

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — China does not fully meet the minimum standards for elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, China remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/china/

Korea, North now North Korea

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — the government of North Korea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, North Korea remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/north-korea/

Kyrgyzstan

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Kyrgyzstan was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/kyrgyzstan/

Maldives

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the Maldives did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/maldives/

Nepal

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Nepal was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/nepal/

Russia

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Russia remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/

Tajikistan

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Tajikistan was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/tajikistan/

Turkmenistan

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Turkmenistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Turkmenistan remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/turkmenistan/

Central America and the Caribbean

6 entries

Cuba

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Cuba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Cuba remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/cuba/

Curacao

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — Curaçao does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so, therefore Curaçao was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/curacao/

Dominican Republic

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore the Dominican Republic remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/dominican-republic/

Haiti

tier rating:
Special Category

Nicaragua

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Nicaragua does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Nicaragua remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/nicaragua/

Sint Maarten

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Sint Maarten does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Sint Maarten remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/sint-maarten/

Europe

3 entries

Belarus

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Belarus does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Belarus remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/belarus/

Malta

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch list — Malta did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/malta/

Serbia

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards;
  • therefore, Serbia was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/serbia/

Middle East

4 entries

Iran

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Iran does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Iran remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/iran/

Kuwait

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — Kuwait does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but the government has devoted sufficient resources to a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to meet the minimum standards;
  • therefore, Kuwait was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 and remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/kuwait/

Lebanon

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared to the previous reporting period, therefore Lebanon remained on Tier 2 Watch List for a second consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/lebanon/

Syria

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Syria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Syria remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/syria/

Oceania

5 entries

Fiji

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Fiji was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/fiji/

Marshall Islands

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Marshall Islands remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/marshall-islands/

Papua New Guinea

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Papua New Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so;
  • therefore, Papua New Guinea remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/papua-new-guinea/

Solomon Islands

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Solomon Islands remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/solomon-islands/

Vanuatu

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Vanuatu remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/vanuatu/

South America

2 entries

Uruguay

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Uruguay was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/uruguay/

Venezuela

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Venezuela does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making any efforts to do so, therefore, Venezuela remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/venezuela/

Southeast Asia

6 entries

Brunei

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Brunei does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Brunei was downgraded to Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/brunei/

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Burma does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Burma remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/burma/

Cambodia

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Cambodia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Cambodia remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/cambodia/

Hong Kong

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Hong Kong was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/hong-kong/

Laos

tier rating:
  • Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Laos was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/laos/

Macau

tier rating:
  • Tier 3 — Macau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Macau remained on Tier 3;
  • for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/macau/

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2024, “Trafficking in persons”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/trafficking-in-persons/2024.

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