Country-level data from 2019 Index and Dashboards
Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all member states of the United-Nations in 2015, describe a universal agenda that applies to and must be implemented by all countries. Sound metrics and data are critical for turning the SDGs into practical tools for problem solving.
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This report is the fourth edition of the annual overview of countries’ performance on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals prepared jointly by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The Report covers all 193 UN member states and presents data on changes over time in SDG indicators, as well as calculations for trajectories until 2030.
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The data includes 2 file types. The Excel data contains both cross-sectional and trends data. The Stata file has the cross-sectional results.
- Cross-sectional and trends data from most recent year, Global Index Results 2019, available in Excel format.
- Cross-sectional data from most recent year, Global Index Results 2019, available in Stata format.
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Please cite report as: Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G. (2019): 2019 Sustainable Development Report. New York: Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
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