Sustainable Trade Index 2023

Notes and sources

Indicator

Source

Definition

World Bank Political Stability and Absence of Violence US Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), Global Slavery Index US Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), Global Slavery Index US Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), Global Slavery Index Global Slavery Index US Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), Global Slavery Index US Department of State, Global Slavery Index US Department of State, Hong Kong, SAR: Same as China Global Slavery Index

Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically motivated violence, including terrorism. [H]

2.04

Political stability and absence of violence

Goods produced by forced labor or child labor

Three indicators measuring the extent of forced labor or child labor. [sum]

2.05

Goods produced by forced labor

Two indicators measuring the extent of forced labor. [sum]

2.05.01

Goods produced by forced labor, number of goods categories % population in forced labor Goods produced by child labour, number of goods categories Government response to human trafficking Government response to human trafficking, Criminalization Government response to human trafficking, Strategy

Matrix of goods and their source countries which ILAB has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor in violation of international standards, as required under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). [L]

2.05.01.a

% population in forced labor. [L]

2.05.01.b

Matrix of goods and their source countries which ILAB has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor in violation of international standards, as required under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). [L]

2.05.02

Three indicators measuring the government response to human trafficking. [sum]

2.06

Number of conventions Ratified or Accession. [H]

2.06.01

Government response score. [H]

2.06.02

US Department of State

The country’s tier ranking is based on the government’s efforts to combat trafficking as measured against the TVPA minimum standards and compared to its efforts in the preceding year. Score 1-4 corresponding to countries Tier. [L] Two indicators measuring the extent that imports and exports adhere to international labor standards. [sum]

2.06.03 Government

response to human trafficking, Action

Trade in goods at risk of modern slavery Imports of goods at risk of modern slavery, US$ millions

Comtrade + Global Slavery list

2.07

Comtrade + Global Slavery list, Taiwan: Comtrade recorded as ‘Other Asia, nes’

Value of imports in goods and country combinations identified as at risk of modern slavery. [L]

2.07.01

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