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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.

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