Policy Paper
This report analyses progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific as well as the availability of data. It shines a spotlight on countries that have demonstrated a commitment to achieve sustainable development. Their progress has highlighted the necessity of improving on collecting high quality data and working collectively to achieve common goals.
Key findings:
- At the midpoint towards the 2030 target year, the Asia-Pacific region has reached only 14.4 per cent progress needed to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- Based on current trends, the region will take another 42 years to reach the goalpost.
- The region will miss 90 per cent of the 118 measurable SDG targets by 2030 unless efforts are multiplied.
- The strongest progress in the region has been made on affordable and clean energy (Goal 7) and industry, innovation and infrastructure (Goal 9). Climate change (Goal 13), however, continues to regress and must be given priority to reverse negative trends.
- Although data availability for the SDGs has doubled since 2017, data remain insufficient for 51 out of 169 targets.
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Published March 2023
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