INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Theme 1: Poverty

Eradicating poverty in all forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. While the
number of people living in extreme poverty dropped by more than half between 1990 and 2015,
there are still many people struggling for the most basic human needs and the progess has been
uneven. The SDGs are a bold commitment to finish what has been started and end poverty in all
forms and dimensions by 2030.

1. Proportion of the population living below national poverty line

2. Ratio of share in national income of highest to lowest quintile
3. Proportion of population using an improved water source
4. Share of households without electricity or modern energy services
5. Share of households without electricity or modern energy services
6. Proportion of population living in slums

Theme 2: Governance

1. Percentage of population having paid bribes

2. Number of international homicides per 100,000 population

Theme 3

Theme Sub-Theme Core Indicators

Income poverty
Income Inequality
Sanitation
Drinking water
Access to energy
Poverty Living conditions

Corruption
Governance Crime

Mortality Under-five mortality rate

Life expectancy at birth
Health care delivery Percentage of population with access to primary health
Health care facility
Immunization against infectious childhood diseases
Nutritional status Nutritional status of children
Health status and risks Morbidity of major diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria,
tuberculosis

Education level Gross intake ratio to last grade of primary education

Education Net enrollment rate in primary education
Adult secondary (tertiary) schooling attainment level
Literacy Adult literacy ratio

Population Population growth rate

Demographics Dependency ratio
Tourism Ratio of residents to tourists in major tourist regions
and destinations

Natural Hazards Vulnerability to natural Percentage of population living in hazard prone areas
hazards
Disaster preparedness Human and economic loss due to natural disasters
and response
Climate Change Carbon dioxide and emissions
Atmosphere Ozone layer depletion Consumption of ozone depleting substances
Air quality Ambient concentration of air pollutants in urban areas

Land use and status Land use change

Land degradation
Land Desertification Land effected by desertification
Agriculture Arable and permanent cropland area
Forests Proportion of land area covered by forests

Coastal zones Percentage of population living in coastal areas

Oceans Fisheries Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits
Marine environment Proportion of marine and area protected

Water quantity Proportion of total water resources used

Freshwater Water use intensity by economic activity
Water quality Presence of faecal coliforms in freshwater

Ecosystem Proportion of terrestrial and protected, total and by

Biodiversity ecological region
Species Change in threat status of species

Macroeconomic Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita

performance Investment share in GDP
Sustainable public Debt to GNI ratio
finance
Employment Employment population ratio
Labor productivity and unit labor costs
Economic Share of women in wage employment in the non-
Development agricultural sector
Information and Internet users per 100 population
communication
technologies
Research and Gross Domestic expenditure on R&D as a percent of
development GDP
Tourism Tourism contribution to GDP
Global economic Trade Current account deficit as percentage of GDP
partnership External financing Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) given or
received as a percentage of GNI.

Material consumption Material intensity of the economy

Energy use Annual energy consumption, total and by main user
Consumption category
and production Intensity of energy use, total and by economic activity
patterns Waste generation and Generation of hazardous waste
management Waste treatment and disposal
Transportation Modal split of passenger transportation