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Global Missing Children

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Dec 5, 2025
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How many missing children were reported annually in the U.S. from 2021 to 2025 and how do reporting rates affect clearance statistics?

Available sources show large, but inconsistent counts of U.S. “missing children” depending on the dataset and how reports are counted: NCMEC reported assisting 29,568 missing‑child cases in 2024 with ...

Feb 2, 2026

missing children

Estimates of vary widely because different organizations count different phenomena — , , , and unreported disappearances — and use different data sources and definitions . Credible federal and nonprof...