TheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsReport2019UnitedNationsContentsForeword...................................2Introduction.................................3Overview...................................4Goal1Nopoverty..................................22Goal2Zerohunger.................................24Goal3Goodhealthandwell-being...................26Goal4Qualityeducation............................30Goal5Genderequality.............................32Goal6Cleanwaterandsanitation....................34Goal7Affordableandcleanenergy..................36Goal8Decentworkandeconomicgrowth............38Goal9Industry,innovationandinfrastructure.........40Goal10Reducedinequalities.........................42Goal11Sustainablecitiesandcommunities............44Goal12Responsibleconsumptionandproduction......46Goal13Climateaction...............................48Goal14Lifebelowwater.............................50Goal15Lifeonland..................................52Goal16Peace,justiceandstronginstitutions..........54Goal17PartnershipfortheGoals.....................56Notetothereader...........................58Regionalgroupings..........................59UnitedNationsNewYork,2019TheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsReport2019TheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsReport20192ForewordSinceitsinceptionin2015,the2030Agendahasprovidedablueprintforsharedprosperityinasustainableworld—aworldwhereallpeoplecanliveproductive,vibrantandpeacefullivesonahealthyplanet.Theyear2030isjustoveradecadeaway,andwemustaskourselvesifouractionstodayarelayingtherightfoundationtoachievetheSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs).TheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsReport2019providesevidence-basedinsightstoanswerthisquestion.Thereportdemonstratesthatprogressisbeingmadeinsomecriticalareas,andthatsomefavorabletrendsareevident.Extremepovertyhasdeclinedconsiderably,theunder-5mortalityratefellby49percentbetween2000and2017,immunizationshavesavedmillionsoflives,andthevastmajorityoftheworld’spopulationnowhasaccesstoelectricity.Countriesaretakingconcreteactionstoprotectourplanet:marineprotectedareashavedoubledsince2010;countriesareworkingconcertedlytoaddressillegalfishing;186partieshaveratifiedtheParisAgreementonclimatechange,andalmostallhavecommunicatedtheirfirstnationallydeterminedcontributions.About150countrieshavedevelopednationalpoliciestorespondtothechallengesofrapidurbanization,and71countriesandtheEuropeanUnionnowhavemorethan300policiesandinstrumentssupportingsustainableconsumptionandproduction.Andawiderangeofotheractors—internationalorganizations,businesses,localauthorities,thescientificcommunityandcivilsociety—haveengagedwiththeSDGsinamannerthatgeneratesgreathopeforthecomingdecade.TheUnitedNations,foritspart,isworkinghardtorepositiontotheUnitedNationsdevelopmentsystemtobebetterequippedtomeettheneedsofgovernmentstorespondtothisintegratedandtransformativeagenda.Notwithstandingthatprogress,thisreportidentifiesmanyareasthatneedurgentcollectiveattention.Thenaturalenvironmentisdeterioratingatanalarmingrate:sealevelsarerising;oceanacidificationisaccelerating;thepastfouryearshavebeenthewarmestonrecord;onemillionplantandanimalspeciesareatriskofextinction;andlanddegradationcontinuesunchecked.Wearealsomovingtooslowlyinoureffortstoendhumansufferingandcreateopportunityforall:ourgoaltoendextremepovertyby2030isbeingjeopardizedaswestruggletorespondtoentrencheddeprivatio...