Table A06: Estimated number and weighted prevalence of internet-using children aged 12–17 who were threatened with the distribution of sexual images or videos of themselves in the year prior to being surveyed, by country (2024–2025). Country Number of children subjected to abuse Percentage of subjected to abuse Armenia 944 0.4 Brazil 618717 3.7 Colombia 142418 3.3 Dominican Republic 36969 3.2 Mexico 244266 1.9 Montenegro 442 0.9 North Macedonia 5304 4.2 Pakistan 136738 0.6 Serbia 3284 0.8 Sum 1189081 Average Percentage 2% Commentary: Across the nine countries included here, children’s exposure to threats or blackmail to engage in sexual activities ranged from 0.8 per cent to 4.4 per cent, with an overall average of 3 per cent (table A05). In the same nine countries, children’s exposure to threats of having sexual images or videos of themselves shared with others ranged from 0.4 per cent to 4.2 per cent, with an overall average of 2 per cent (table A06). This demonstrates a wide variation between countries, highlighting that children’s experiences differ substantially across contexts, with similar caveats as in relation to overall prevalence. While perpetrators may threaten children without possessing any compromising material, sexual extortion commonly involves using sexual images or videos as leverage to coerce children into producing additional sexual content, or engaging in sexual acts online or in person. By leveraging children’s fear of exposure, perpetrators are able to maintain control, escalate their demands and prolong the exploitation and abuse. The increasing availability of artificial intelligence tools introduces a further dimension to this form of exploitation, as these tools can be used to fabricate compromising material for perpetrators to leverage, even where no real sexual images exist. Through Children’s Eyes Appendix 58