Thematic analysis of pledges Pledges relevant to the improvement of quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations (Action 10 of the Global Action Plan) Measuring statelessness is challenging given that stateless persons often live in precarious situations on the margins of society. In addition to often being undocumented, stateless persons are frequently uncounted in administrative registries, national databases and population censuses. Since 2014, qualitative studies on stateless populations have been conducted in 25 States. Currently, quantitative population data on stateless populations in 78 States, and qualitative analyses on stateless populations in at least 70 States, is publicly available. The 46 pledges made on improving data on stateless persons represent a growing awareness of the need to collect further information on stateless persons. It is particularly notable that 9 pledges were made by States to include questions pertaining to statelessness in their national population census questionnaires. Pledges relevant to the improvement of quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations Total number of entities that made pledges 42 Total number of pledges made 46 Pledges made by States Number of States that made pledges States that made pledges 34 Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Belize, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Republic of), Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Zimbabwe Number of pledges made by States 38 Number of pledges involving conducting studies to obtain new data 30 Number of pledges that encompass including questions on statelessness in census questionnaire 9 U N H C R > H I G H - L E V E L S E G M E N T O N S T A T E L E S S N E S S : R E S U LT S A N D H I G H L I G H T S 41