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Faroe Islands meet both requirements. Detailed population statistics, including 100 per cent of births and deaths, are compiled from population registers.
From 2022 housing statistics are compiled from buildingregister. The last population and housing census was conducted in 2011.

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Faroe Islands statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Faroese statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Faroese-specific metadata information.

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Indicator

Indicator 17.19.2: Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
Target

Target 17.19: By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
Metadata update

2021-03-01
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
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