Organ trafficking statistics

It is very hard to get organ trafficking statistics because it is a crime and people try to hide it. But people have been able to guess as to how much kidneys are sold on the black market.

  • Up to 15,000 kidneys are bought and sold illegally each year.
  • The average price is $5,000.
The World Health Organization says that China has the most illegal black market organ transplants in the world. After China, Pakistan has the second most, followed by Egypt, Colombia and the Philippines.

Organ trafficking also falls under human trafficking, as people are forced to sell their organs. Traffickers sometimes take prisoners and make them give up their organs.