Race based and indigenous population distribution
Dimension: Vulnerability
Area: Vulnerable groups
Category: Presence of vulnerable groups
Definition: This indicator evaluates the percentage of the indigenous population or other ethnical groups in a territory. It should be considered a disaggregation of indigenous or ethnic groups. Depending on the context, not all ethnic groups should be grouped by the term indigenous and should be considered as a different measure.
- Unit of measure: number of people
- Formula:
Numerator: # of indigenous people in a territory.
Denominator: Total population that lives in the territory.
Data sources:
- National census
- Official population projections
Comments and limitations: There are many ways of measuring ethnical groups in a territory. The best practice is to measure it in accordance with the person's self-identification. Another technique that national statistics institutions may use is to measure the principal language a person speaks, but that approach measures more linguistic communities in opposition to ethnical groups.