10 Actions to End Statelessness Action 10: IMPROVE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA ON STATELESS POPULATIONS STARTING POINT • • MILESTONES Qualitative analysis on stateless populations is publicly available for at least 45 States. By 2017: • • GOAL BY 2024 Quantitative population data on stateless populations is publicly available for 75 States. • • By 2020: Quantitative data on stateless populations is available for 100 States. Qualitative analysis on stateless populations is available for at least 70 States. • Quantitative data on stateless populations is available for 120 States. Qualitative analysis on stateless populations is available for at least 100 States. Quantitative data on stateless populations is publicly available for 150 States. Qualitative analysis on stateless populations is publicly available for at least 120 States CONTEXT Measuring statelessness is complicated given that stateless people often live in precarious situations on the margins of society. Frequently, stateless persons are not only undocumented but also ignored by the authorities and uncounted in national administrative registries and databases. Most even go uncounted in population censuses. Of 142 national population censuses undertaken since 2005 for which the United Nations possesses questionnaires, only 112 included a question on nationality and of these, less than 25% included a pre-coded option for census takers to record the responses of those who self-identified as stateless. 30 • UNHCR > Quantitative data and qualitative analysis, which includes an assessment of the scale of the situation in terms of magnitude and geographical spread; the profile of the affected population (including its demographic composition with data disaggregated by sex and age); an analysis of the causes and impacts of statelessness (including in terms of civil, political, economic and social rights); and an overview of obstacles to and potential for solutions are all essential for States to adequately respond to statelessness and to enable UNHCR to fulfil its mandate as well as measure progress in implementing the Global Action Plan. Implementation of this Action will provide additional information relating to other Actions. G LO B A L AC T I O N P L A N TO E N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S : 2 0 1 4 – 2 0 2 4