Paige's SDG, part 6: Standards of Living

On today's Paige's SDG, which will be our last part, Paige will explains why advancing the SDG values will help the world's standard of living.

No Poverty

• Prevalence of undernourishment

• Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age

• Prevalence of wasting in children under 5 years of age

• Prevalence of obesity, BMI ≥ 30

Good Health & Well-Being

• Maternal mortality rate

• Neonatal mortality rate

• Mortality rate, under -5

• Incidence of tuberculosis

• New HIV infections

• Age- standardized death rate due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease in adults aged 30-70 years

• Age-standardized death rate attributable to household air pollution and ambient air pollution

• Traffic deaths

• Life expectancy at birth

• Adolescent fertility rate

• Births attended by skilled health personnel

• Surviving infants who received 2 WHO-recommended vaccines

• Universal health coverage (UHC) index of service coverage

• Subjective well-being

Quality Education

• Participation rate in pre-primary organized learning

• Net primary enrollment rate

• Lower secondary completion rate

• Literacy rate

• Tertiary educational attainment

• PISA score

• Variation in science performance explained by socio - economic status

Gender Equality

• Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods

• Ratio of female-to-male mean years of education received

• Ratio of female-to-male labor force participation rate

• Gender wage gap

Clean Water & Sanitation

• Population and using at least basic drinking water services

• Population using at least basic sanitation services

• Population using safely managed water services

• Population using safely managed sanitation services

Affordable and Clean Energy

• Population with access to electricity

• Population with access to clean fuels and technology for cooking

Decent Work and Economic Growth

• Adjusted GDP growth

• Victims of modern slavery

• Adults with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider

• Fundamental labor rights are effectively guaranteed

• Fatal work-related accidents embodied in imports

• Employment-to-population ratio

Reduced Inequalities

• Elderly poverty rates

• Income growth inequalities

• Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

• Ensure equal opportunities and end discrimination

• Adopt fiscal and social policies that promotes equality

• Improved regulation of global financial markets and institutions

• Enhanced representation for developing countries in financial institutions

• Responsible and well-managed migration policies

• Special and differential treatment of developing countries

• Encourage development assistance and investment in least developed countries

• Reduce transaction costs for migrant remittances

Sustainable Cities and Communities

• Proportion of urban population living in slums

• Annual mean concentration of particulate matter of less than 2.5 microns in diameter

• Access to improved water source, piped

• Satisfaction with public transport

Peace, Justice, & Strong Institutions

• The population who feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where they live

• Property Rights

• Birth registrations with civil authority

• Corruption Perceptions Index

• Children involved in child labor

• Press Freedom Index

• Access to and affordability of justice

• Persons held in prison

Partnerships for the Goals

• Government spending on health and education

• For high-income and all OECD DAC countries: international concessional public finance, including official development assistance

Thank you very much for reading our articles about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and our day-to day lives. We hope your understanding of the SDG program has improved and you understand the importance of it to the human race.