MIGRATION STATISTICS PHASE II - SCB MIGRATION STATISTICS PHASE II MIGRATIONSSTATISTIK FAS II Statistics on international migration between African countries and out of Africa are compiled by the African Union Commission, STATAFRIC, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and by government and private national institutions. Although some improvements have taken place in the last years, migration statistics in Africa generally suffers from poor quality, poorly aligned data collection periods, unharmonised definitions and standards, lacking possibilities to use administrative data sources and a low level of cooperation and data sharing between national data producers.

Quality statistics on migration, mobility and displacement are fundamental to the implementation of adequate policies on migration at national, regional, and continental level. Yet, in many countries, even the most general statistics on migration are incomplete, out-of-date or do not exist. Improvement in this area requires knowledge of the principles of collecting, compiling and analyzing migration statistics. Likewise, policymakers and other users need to be aware of the definitions and measurement issues related to the data to be able to interpret them.

The Migration Statistics II project contributes to improving the availability of relevant and good quality statistics on migration in Africa for use in decision- and policymaking on migration issues.

The second phase of Migration Statistics II relies on the significant work done in Capacity Development in Migration Statistics which was implemented over the period January 2019- December 2022. Statistik om migration mellan afrikanska länder och ut ur Afrika sammanställs av Afrikanska Unionens institut för statistik, STATAFRIC, samt av FN:s Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) och av statliga och privata nationella institutioner. Även om vissa förbättringar har skett under de senaste åren lider migrationsstatistiken i Afrika i allmänhet av dålig kvalitet, bristfälligt koordinerade insamlingsperioder, oharmoniserade definitioner och standarder, bristande möjligheter att använda administrativa datakällor och en låg nivå av samarbete och datadelning mellan nationella dataproducenter.
Kvalitetsstatistik om migration och rörlighet är grundläggande för genomförandet av adekvata migrationsstrategier på nationell, regional och kontinental nivå men i många länder är även den mest grundläggande statistiken om migration ofullständig, inaktuell eller existerar inte. Förbättringar på detta område kräver kunskap om principerna för insamling, sammanställning och analys av migrationsstatistik. Likaså måste beslutsfattare och andra användare vara medvetna om definitionerna och mätproblem relaterade till data för att kunna tolka densamma.
Projektet Migration Statistics II bidrar till att förbättra tillgången till relevant statistik av god kvalitet om migration i Afrika för användning i policyutformning och beslutsfattande avseende migration.

Den andra fasen av programmet bygger på det betydande arbete som gjorts genomförts under programmets första fas, Capacity Development in Migration Statistics, som implementerades under perioden januari 2019–december 2022. The project objective is increased availability of high-quality migration statistics to users enabling adequate management of the effects of migration on women and men, girls and boys. In addition, the migration statistics will be used to monitor and evaluate the continental and international agendas such as Agenda 2063, Agenda 2030 and Global Compact on Migration.

The project will strengthen the capacity of STATAFRIC, RECs and Member States to produce, harmonize and disseminate migration statistics. This will be achieved through the implementation of capacity development activities leading to tangible results. Thus, five components have been identified (with the first four from the first phase of the project) completed by a new fifth component:

Component 1: Statistics production

Component 2: Concepts and methods

Component 3: Dissemination and publication

Component 4: Coordination

Component 5: Forced displacement


The project will consolidate the results obtained during the first phase of Capacity Development for Migration Statistics and to support STATAFRIC and the selected RECs in the implementation of continental and regional statistical plans. The project will be funded by Sida and the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency (Norad) who will contribute to the project with SEK 25 925 000. Norad who will cover the cost for one Long Term Advisor, two statistical officers located in the RECs, and (yearly) 15 weeks of short-term missions, support for regional workshops, two study tours to Norway, and 10 weeks of remote support. Norad will also cover the cost for project coordination at Statistics Norway.