
Migration Data for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes for the first time the contribution of migration to sustainable development. Migration is a cross-cutting issue, relevant to all of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (left). 10 out of 17 goals contain targets and indicators that are relevant to migration or mobility. The Agenda's core principle to "leave no one behind", including migrants, requires data disaggregation by migratory status, opening up significant migration data needs but also the opportunity to improve migration data.
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Migration in the SDGs
The SDGs’ central reference to migration is made in target 10.7 to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies, which appears under Goal 10 to reduce inequality within and among countries. Other targets that directly reference migration mention trafficking, remittances, international student mobility and more.
Migration is also a cross-cutting issue which is relevant to all 17 of the SDGs and most of the 169 targets in the Agenda. Therefore, it is important to go beyond the specific references to migration and to acknowledge and address the mutually supporting relationships between migration and each of the Goals and targets.
The need for timely, reliable and comparable data on migration
As was the case for the Millennium Development Goals, the 2030 Agenda includes a voluntary and multilayered follow-up mechanism to review progress on the SDG targets over the next 15 years. As the SDGs are a country-owned process, the responsibility of SDG reporting lies with national governments. National reviews will be the linchpin of the follow-up and review of the implementation of the SDGs, with regional, global and thematic reviews being conducted to complement the process.
To globally monitor SDG progress, the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) developed a list of 232 individual global indicators, including several on migration. If global indicators cannot be reported, or as an addition to the process, governments may also develop proxy indicators to monitor targets separately at the local or national level.
A key focus of the SDG process is to promote greater disaggregation in data to better serve certain vulnerable groups and ensure no one is left behind. To this end, target 17.18 calls specifically for data to be disaggregated by migratory status. Doing this is an opportunity to gain better data on different dimensions of migrants’ situations to understand better their living conditions, and to understand how migration impacts on health, income, education and other areas. Greater disaggregation is also necessary in order to integrate migration as a cross-cutting theme across other development sectors.
Meeting follow up and review requirements for the Goals is challenging and can present a significant burden to governments, in particular to national statistical offices. As of late 2017, no data exist for two thirds of the 232 official internationally-set SDG indicators[1]. Further, the global-level migration indicators are relatively under-developed and currently none of the IAEG-proposed global indicators that relate to migration are Tier 1 (i.e. they do not have established methodologies and ongoing global data collection).
Therefore, there is a need for countries to improve their capacity to generate meaningful reporting on migration in the context of the SDGs. Steps must be taken to improve capacity to generate timely, reliable, and comparable data on migration to help guide policy makers in devising evidence-based policies and plans of action to tackle migration aspects of the SDGs. A key focus for migration data capacity building is also to increase disaggregation of all data by migration-related variables. Several countries already collect considerable amounts of data on migration, but lack the mechanisms to centralize, disaggregate and cross reference all data collected from various branches of the government. Better data sharing within the government and among countries will also improve policy coherence, which is a key condition to achieving the SDGs.
Overall, there is a need to improve migration data locally, nationally, regionally and internationally for SDG monitoring purposes, and governments need to work towards building their capacity to this end. Improving migration data is a crucial step to improving migration governance, and the SDG implementation process can help kick-start efforts to do this.
Ongoing work to measure migration in the SDGs
IOM and the Population Division of UNDESA have developed a methodology to measure the indicator 10.7.2 “the number of countries with migration policies to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration” (see also here). This indicator is based on an assessment of six policy domains found in the Migration Governance Framework, adopted by the IOM Council in 2015. It is also inspired by the work IOM is conducting in collaboration with the Economist Intelligence Unit on developing Migration Governance Indicators (MGI).
Further, the MGI can also be used for the SDGs. These use 90 qualitative questions to measure performance across six domains, drawn from the Migration Governance Framework. It is a gap analysis tool that is not meant for ranking countries on their migration policies, but rather aims to offer insights on policy levers that countries can action to strengthen their migration governance, as well as identify best practices of future programming. The results of this assessment can also be used by governments to report on their progress in achieving target 10.7 as well as other migration-related targets.
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SDG 1: END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE
- Target 1.1: By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than USD 1.25 a day
- Target 1.3: Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 1.1
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than USD 1.25 a day
Star Star Star Indicator: 1.1.1 Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: This indicator assesses the proportion of people under the extreme poverty line.
Data sources: The indicator can be disaggregated for migrants versus non-migrants, or population living in migrant households versus population living in non-migrant households. Data can be collected through household surveys that include questions on migratory status.
Target 1.3
Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable.
Star Star Indicator: 1.3.1 Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable.
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Social protection floors are nationally defined sets of basic social security guarantees that should ensure, as a minimum, that over the life cycle, all those in need have access to essential health care and basic income security which together secure effective access to goods and services defined as necessary at the national level (ILO social protection floors recommendation #202).
Data sources: The ILO collects data on: (1) people covered by social protection floors/total population; (2) unemployed receiving unemployment benefit/total unemployment (3) employed women covered by maternity benefits/total female employment (4) people above the statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension/ people above the statutory pensionable age.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, 15 June 2017
SDG 3: Good health and well-being
Goal: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
Targets: By 2030:
- 3.1: Reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births
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3.2: End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age
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3.3: End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
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3.4: Reduce by one third premature mortality from non- communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
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3.8: Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in LDCs and SIDS
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 3.1
By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births
Star Star Star Indicator: 3.1.1 Maternal mortality ratio
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Migrants tend to have higher maternal mortality due to lack of access to proper maternal and child care. This is an outcome variable measuring migrants' access to health services.
Data sources: Civil registration systems.
Target 3.2
End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age
Star Star Star Indicator: 3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: This indicator can reflect to what extent migrants have access to health services.
Data sources: Civil registration systems.
Target 3.3
By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
Star Star Star Indicator: 3.3.1 Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: This indicator reflects how migrants have access to HIV treatment and antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Data sources: To be determined
Target 3.4
By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
Star Star Star Indicator: 3.4.1 Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Access to health services for preventive measures
Data sources: Civil registration systems.
Target 3.8
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
Star Star Star Indicator: 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services (defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non- communicable diseases and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population)
Rationale: While international migration is intimately related to legal and sociological notions of nationality and sovereignty, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has articulated that nationality must not be used as a ground for discrimination in relation to health care and other rights in the Covenant. The rights of irregular migrants are specifically mentioned.
Data sources: N/a
Star Star Star Indicator: 3.8.2 Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: While international migration is intimately related to legal and sociological notions of nationality and sovereignty, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has articulated that nationality must not be used as a ground for discrimination in relation to health care and other rights in the Covenant. The rights of irregular migrants are specifically mentioned.
Data sources: Household survey data and expenditure surveys
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, 15 June 2017
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018) and 8th meeting of the IAEG SDGs on 6-8 November 2018 (3.3.1 classified as Tier 2).
SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION
- Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
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Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
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Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
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Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular LDCs, SIDS and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and ICT, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 4.1
By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
Indicator: 4.1.1 Proportion of children and young people: Star Star (a) in grades 2/3; Star Star (b) at the end of primary; and Star Star (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: This is a global indicator which addresses most closely the fundamental right to education.
Data sources: Various cross-national learning assessments including PASEC, PIRLS, PISA, SACMEQ, TERCE and TIMSS.
Target 4.3
By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
Star Star Indicator: 4.3.1 Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Access to education: Whether school-age migrants are in school as others, and whether migrants are in informal training provided by government.
Data sources: Censuses and household surveys.
Target 4.6
By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
Star Star Indicator: 4.6.1 Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Basic education level of migrants.
Data sources: Skills' assessment surveys of the adult population (e.g. PIAAC, STEP, LAMP, RAMAA) and national adult literacy surveys.
Target 4.b
By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular LDCs, SIDS and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and ICT, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
Star Star Star Indicator: 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, 15 June 2017
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018) and 8th meeting of the IAEG SDGs on 6-8 November 2018 (4.1.1(a) classified as Tier 2).
SDG 5: GENDER EQUALITY
Goal: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
- Target 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 5.5
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
Star Star Star Indicator: 5.5.2 Proportion of women in managerial positions
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Being a migrant and a woman is a double disadvantage in the labour market. Women are less likely to be in managerial position and migrant women are more disadvantaged than migrant men.
Data sources: Data can be collected in censuses and in labour force surveys. Managerial positions are defined using ISCO classification. Data can also be captured through administrative sources. For household surveys there are two obstacles: (a) very few surveys collect migration information; (b) sampling frame does not have information on migrants for oversampling.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, 2017 Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, (15 June 2017)
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018)
SDG 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Targets:
- 8.3: Promote development- oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
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8.5: By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
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8.6: By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
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8.7: Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
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8.8: Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
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8.10: Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 8.3
Promote development- oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
Star Star Indicator: 8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Migrants' access to adequate working conditions; prohibit discrimination on the basis of nationality
Data sources: Labour force surveys, provided adequate sample size
Target 8.5
By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
Star Star Indicator: 8.5.1 Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Migrants' access to adequate working conditions; prohibit discrimination on the basis of nationality
Data sources: Labour force surveys
Star StarStarIndicator: 8.5.2 Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Migrants' access to adequate working conditions; prohibit discrimination on the basis of nationality
Data sources: Population census and Labour force surveys
Target 8.6
By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
Star Star Star Indicator: 8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Migrants' access to adequate working conditions; prohibit discrimination on the basis of nationality
Data sources: Labour force surveys or population census
Target 8.7
Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
Star Star Indicator: 8.7.1 Proportion and number of children aged 5?17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
Target 8.8
Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
Star Star Indicator: 8.8.1 Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status
Star Star Indicator: 8.8.2 Level of national compliance of labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
Target 8.10
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
Star Star Star Indicator: 8.10.2 Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Social inclusion: access to financial institutions
Data sources: The World Bank's Global FINDEX database
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, 15 June 2017
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018)

SDG 10: REDUCED INEQUALITY
Targets:
- 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
- 10.3: Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
- 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well- managed migration policies
- 10.c: By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 10.2
By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
Star Indicator: 10.2.1 Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median income, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: This indicator measures "median" income versus indicator 1.1.1 that measures extreme poverty. This indicator is closely related to the social inclusion indicator under the EU Zaragoza Declaration on migrant integration
Data sources: TBD
Target 10.3
Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
Star Star Indicator: 10.3.1 Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Migrants should be treated equally, without subject to discrimination.
Data sources: TBD
Target 10.7
Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well- managed migration policies
Star Indicator: 10.7.1 Recruitment cost borne by employee as a proportion of monthly income earned in country of destination
Star Indicator: 10.7.2 Number of countries with migration policies to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people
Star Indicator: 10.7.3 Number of people who died or disappeared in the process of migration towards an international destination
Star Indicator: 10.7.4 Proportion of the population who are refugees, by country of origin
Data sources:
- 10.7.1: Statistics for SDG indicator 10.7.1: Draft Guidelines for their Collection (KNOMAD, 2018);
- 10.7.2: UN DESA website on indicator 10.7.2
- 10.7.2: United Nations Twelfth Inquiry among Governments on Population and Development;
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10.7.2: So far 50 countries have participated in the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) process.
Target 10.c
By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent
Star Indicator: 10.c.1 Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted
Data sources: TBD
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, 15 June 2017
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018) and 8th meeting of the IAEG SDGs on 6-8 November 2018 (10.7.1 and 10.7.2 classified as Tier 2 and 10.7.2 renamed).
SDG 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Goal: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Target 11.1: By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 11.1
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
Star Star Star Indicator: 11.1.1 Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: Access to adequate housing may be challenging for many migrants, especially irregular migrants.
Data sources: Data for the slum and informal settlement components of the indicator can be computed from census and national household surveys, including DHS and MICS. Data for the inadequate housing component can be computed by using income and expenditure household surveys that capture household expenditures.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, 15 June 2017
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018)

SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION
Goal: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- Target 13b: Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 13.b
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
Star Indicator: 13.b.1 Number of least developed countries and small island developing States that are receiving specialized support, and amount of support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, for mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change-related planning and management, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities.
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018)
SDG 16: PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
- Target 16.1: Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere.
- Target 16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.
- Target 16.9: By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 16.1
Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere
Star Star Indicator: 16.1.3 Proportion of population subjected to physical, psychological or sexual violence in the previous 12 months
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: This is to assess whether migrants are subject violence. One dimension that is always being mentioned is the domestic workers who are abused. This indicator does not really distinguish by the type of perpetrators which is different from 5.2.1 and 5.2.2.
Data sources: Household surveys
Target 16.2
End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.
Star Star Indicator: 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation
Target 16.9
By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration
Star Star Star Indicator: 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age
Migration relevance: Data can be disaggregated by migratory status.
Rationale: All births should be registered, regardless of their migration status.
Data sources: Household surveys
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, Improving migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda, 15 June 2017
Source: 2018, United Nations Statistical Commission, Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Tier Classification for SDG indicators (15 October 2018)
SDG 17: PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
Goal: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
- Target 17.3: Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
- Target 17.18: By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators:
Target 17.3
Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
Star Star Star Indicator: 17.3.2 Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP
Target 17.18
By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts.
Star Indicator: 17.18.1 Proportion of sustainable development indicators produced at the national level with full disaggregation when relevant to the target, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
Star Star Indicator: 17.18.2 Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
Star Star Star Indicator: 17.18.3 Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding.