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Table 2 UN sustainable development goals and their indicators

From: AMR and Sustainable Development Goals: at a crossroads

 

UN defined Goals

World Bank indicators

1. 

End poverty in all its forms, everywhere

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

 2.

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)

 3.

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

 4.

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age)

 5.

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament (%)

 6.

Ensure available and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

 7.

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)

 8.

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)

 9.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation

Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)

10. 

Reduce inequality within and among countries

GINI Index (World Bank estimates)

 11.

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

PM2.5 air population, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)

 12.

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Adjusted net savings: excluding particulate emissions damage (% of GNI)

 13.

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)

 14.

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Total fisheries production (106 metric tons)

 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

Forest area (106 km2)

 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

Completeness of birth registration (%)

 17.

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Debt service to exports (%)