Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings by Sex in the EU

Eurostat data on victims of trafficking in human beings, defined under Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU. The dataset includes both formally identified victims and those meeting the criteria but not formally identified. It was last updated on February 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender disparities in human trafficking victimization based on the sex breakdown mentioned in the title.
• Track trends in formally identified versus non-identified victims based on the EU Directive criteria described.
• Assess the implementation of EU anti-trafficking policy across member states based on victim registration data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from Eurostat, a recognized official EU statistical authority.
• Uses a formal legal definition from Directive 2011/36/EU, ensuring a consistent measurement standard.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Eurostat

Collection Method

Data is likely collected from EU member states based on a common legal definition.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-17 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

European Union member states