Fig.19 Number of countries reporting statistics
on stateless persons | 2004-2015
Countries with known populations without data
Countries with data
19
21
22
19
20
21
72
06
54
60
09
49
58
08
48
05
11
17
17
14
65
75
16
15
77
78
64
14
15
20
20
13
20
11
12
20
20
10
20
20
20
07
04
20
20
20
30
20
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development –
UNHCR expects further improvement in data quality
and coverage in the coming years.
In this report, several sources were used to collect data on people included under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, primarily governments, UNHCR,
and non-governmental organizations. Governments
accounted for more than half (56%) of the data collected. While UNHCR alone accounted for 23 per
cent of the data collected on stateless persons, 8
per cent were jointly collected by governments and
UNHCR. The remaining 13 per cent were collected by
various other sources.
Despite the increased number of countries engaged in reporting and the enhanced reliability of
their figures, UNHCR was unable to provide comprehensive statistics on stateless persons in all countries. By the end of 2015, statistics on people falling
under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate were available for 78 countries, up by one country since 2014
Figure 19 . In addition, Annex Table 7 includes some
countries marked with an asterisk for which UNHCR
has information about the existence of significant
stateless populations but for which no reliable figures were available. These countries remain priorities
for UNHCR in its efforts towards improved data on
statelessness. Progress also continued to be made to
reduce the number of stateless persons through the
acquisition or confirmation of nationality. A reported
49,100 stateless persons in 20 countries acquired
nationality during 2015. ●
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