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Faroe Islands has a legal framework that guarantees equal rights for women (The Faroese Act on Gender Equality). Faroe Islands does not compile official statistics bases on 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

20210211 09:00
Data reporter

Eyð Maritudóttir Grønadal
Unit of measure

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Data collection calendar

20210426 09:00
Data release calendar

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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 5.a.2: Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
Target

Target 5.a: Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
Metadata update

2025-11-04
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Related indicators

Goal 1, specifically indicator 1.4.2, and Goal 5, specifically 5.a.1 and 5.1.1.
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Data release calendar

All countries are able to start reporting on the first year, as the source of data (the laws and policies in force when the assessment takes place) are publicly available in all of them and “measuring” the indicator is done by conducting a legal analysis. Moreover, the assessment can be conducted by a legal expert in a very short timeframe (about 15 days).
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