UN-endorsed
Formally endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission in 2023 (Decision 54/121).
A data-poor Population
Stateless persons are among the most undercounted groups , making the IROSS critical for closing this data gap.
Collaborative development
Produced with civil society members, national authorities, and international agencies.
The International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS) were unanimously endorsed at the 54th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (Decision 54/121). They aim to provide guidance on the production, coordination and dissemination of statistics on statelessness to improve the quality of these statistics at the national level and, in turn, strengthen globally consolidated data.
The IROSS are the third set of recommendations developed by the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS), and reflect the perspectives of countries affected by statelessness, civil society members, and international experts. The recommendations provide clear guidance to countries on how to better include stateless persons in their national statistical system and thus improve official statistics on this group, specifically the recommendations present:
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Implementation progress
Read more about how countries and institutions have started to apply the recommendations to harmonize definitions and concepts, include refugees and IDPs in national data collection exercises, build capacity and improve the coordination between different stakeholders working in the area.