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Indicator 16.7.1 Proportions of positions in national and local institutions, including (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups

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Faroe Islands does not compile continuous and official statistics in accordance with the methodology of the indicator.

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The national metadata provides further information about this table and the indicator published by Statistics Faroe Islands. Indicators are compiled according to international methodology whenever the necessary data are available for the Faroe Islands. Any deviations are documented in the notes.

Metadata update	20260722 10:17
Data reporter	Maria Heen
Unit of measure	text
Data collection calendar	19001231 09:00
Data release calendar	AH
Data providers	Statistics Faroe Islands: www.hagstova.fo/en
Comment and limitations	Symbols -Zero (not rounded) 0Rounded to zero •Not applicable ••Not available or too uncertain •••Not disclosed, confidentiality/privacy protected

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator	Indicator 16.7.1: Proportions of positions in national and local institutions, including (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups
Target	Target 16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
Metadata update	2026-03-27
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring	Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Related indicators	Indicator 5.5.1(a) looks at the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments while indicator 5.5.1(b) considers the proportion of women in local governments. The metadata developed for the latter only considers elected positions in legislative bodies of local government, thus focusing on the same positions that would be covered by indicator 16.7.1(a) at sub-national level. The Methodology Development Narrative Report for the present indicator recommends building on the methodology elaborated for indicator 5.5.1(b) for future reporting on indicator 16.7.1(a) at local level.
Link to UN metadata	Metadata on this indicator (1) opens in a new window
Link to UN metadata	Metadata on this indicator (2) opens in a new window
Link to UN metadata	Metadata on this indicator (3) opens in a new window
Data release calendar	Data will be reported at the international level in February each year, and will provide a snapshot of the situation as at 1 January of that year. The first full release of data for the indicator will take place in February 2020, on the basis of data as at 1 January 2020. The IPU will have a rolling schedule of publication of parts of the data for the indicator in the Parline database. Data on the sex of members and Speakers of parliament is already available, data on the age and sex of the Chairs of permanent committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Finance was published in 2020, and data on Chairs of permanent committees on Youth will be published in the database in 2025.