The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. In establishing the Agenda, member states agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth, while tackling climate change and working to preserve the planet’s oceans and forests. Also recognizing that implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development required a solid framework of indicators and statistical data to monitor progress, inform policy, and ensure accountability, the SDGs global indicator framework was developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) and adopted by the General Assembly in 2017. It is contained in the Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/71/313), Annex. A. This framework defines targets for each SDG, and metrics to track global progress toward meeting each target.
For detail on the metadata and data sources of the SDG indicators, visit the UN SDG website.
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Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere: 1.1.1: Ranking of nations by percentage of employed population ages 15 and over below the international poverty line.
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture: 2.1.1.: Prevalence of undernourishment in Sudan and Ethiopia
Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages: 3.1.1.: Compares maternal mortality ratio of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all: 4.c.1: Proportion of teachers with minimum required qualifications in India, Nepal, and Pakistan
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls: 5.5.2: Proportion of managerial positions held by women in developed vs developing regions
Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all: 6.4.1: Ranking of top 15 countries with respect to Water Use Efficiency
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all: 7.1.1: Compares proportion of population with access to electricity in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all: 8.6.1: Proportion of youth ages 15-24 not in education, training, or employment in Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania
Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation: 9.5.1: Ranking of top 15 countries according to research and development expenditure as proportion of GDP
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries: 10.b.1: Ranks countries by total assistance for development by donor country
Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable: 11.1.1: Ranking of top 15 countries with respect to proportion of the population living in slums.
Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns: 12.4.2: Electronic waste collected per capita in three Scandinavian nations
Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts: 13.1.1: Ranking of countries by number of people whose livelihoods were disrupted or destroyed that are attributed to disasters
Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development: 14.1.1: Ranking of country aggregates by percentage of beach litter originating from land-based sources that ends in the ocean
Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss: 15.2.1: Percentage of forest area with a long-term forest management plan in four South American nations
Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels: 16.1.1: Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population in Australia, the United Kingdom, and United States
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development: 17.9.1: Ranking of nations by total disbursement of official development assistance disbursed for technical cooperation
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