1. No Poverty
By 2030, 590 million people may still live in extreme poverty if current trends persist. Without a substantial acceleration in poverty reduction, fewer than 3 in 10 countries are expected to halve national poverty by 2030.
2. Zero Hunger
Between 713 and 757 million people faced hunger in 2023 – one in 11 people globally, and one in five in Africa.
3. Good Health & Well-Being
Under-5 deaths reached a historic low in 2022, but progress has slowed. Without accelerated declines, 35 million children will not live to see their fifth birthday by 2030.
4. Quality Eduction
Between 2015 and 2023, the primary school completion rate increased from 85 to 88 percent, the lower secondary completion rate from 74 to 78 percent, and the upper secondary completion rate from 53 to 59 percent.
5. Gender Equality
One in five girls still marry before age 18. A staggering 230 million girls and women have been subjected to female genital mutilation. Far too many women still cannot realize the right to decide on their sexual and reproductive health.
6. Clean Water & Sanitation
While 153 Member States share transboundary waters, only one region is on track to cover all transboundary rivers, lakes and aquifers with cooperation arrangements by 2030.
7. Affordable & Clean Energy
An estimated 660 million people will still lack electricity access and around 1.8 billion will go without clean cooking fuels and technologies by 2030.
8. Decent Work & Economic Growth
Global unemployment hit a historic low of 5 percent in 2023 yet persistent roadblocks remain in achieving decent work. Women and youth face higher unemployment rates.
9. Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
Despite reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions intensity, global emissions have hit a record high. The mobile broadband coverage gap persists at 5 percent.
10. Reduced Inequalities
More people died on migration routes in 2023 than in any other year on record. The number of refugees worldwide reached a historic high.
11. Sustainable Cities & Communities
Only 40 percent of city dwellers can easily reach open public spaces. Between 2000 and 2020, cities sprawled up to 3.7 times faster than they densified, resulting in negative impacts on the natural environment and land use.
12. Responsible Consumption & Production
Globally, an estimated 1 billion meals of edible food are wasted every day, equivalent to 1.3 meals per person impacted by hunger per day, considering that 783 million people faced hunger in 2022.
13. Climate Action
As of June 2024, a WMO climate update underscored an 80 percent likelihood of at least one year temporarily exceeding 1.5°C from 2024 to 2028. In 2015, the probability for such a temperature spike was near zero.
14. life Below Water
The sustainability of global fishery resources declined from 90.0 per cent in 1974 to 64.6 per cent in 2019 and further to 62.3 per cent in 2021, due to overfishing, pollution, poor management and other factors.
15. Life on land
Species are silently becoming extinct, the protection of key biodiversity areas has stalled and global illicit wildlife trafficking has steadily increased, posing serious threats to biodiversity and the benefits it provides to people.
16. Peace, justice & Strong institutions
The number of forcibly displaced people reached an unprecedented 120 million in May 2024. Civilian casualties in armed conflicts surged by 72 per cent in 2023.
17. Partnership For The Goals
In 2023, the annual SDG investment gap in developing countries was estimated at about $4 trillion, with over half, or $2.2 trillion, needed for the energy transition alone. The current investment gap is 60 per cent higher than the $2.5 trillion estimated in 2019