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MDGInfo 2012

MDGInfo 2012 is now available online. This database system is designed for the compilation and presentation of development indicators to support data users in their MDG monitoring. The MDG goals and targets are imbedded in the system linked to the MDG indicators in a goal monitoring framework.

MDGInfo has been adapted from DevInfo and presents country-level statistics available as of July 2012 for the global monitoring of progress achieved towards the MDGs since 1990.

Click here for the online version of MDGInfo 2012.

MDG Gender Chart 2012 NEW!

The biennial Gender Chart depicts the situation of women and girls in developing regions as reflected in a number of indicators, some of which are also used to monitor the MDGs.

It shows that although there has been some progress in a number of the gender dimensions, more needs to be done, in every country and at every level, to achieve the pivotal third MDG and to reduce persisting levels of inequality based on sex, wealth, location, ethnicity and other markers of disadvantage.

It is being co-produced by the UN Statistics Division and UN Women, with inputs from members of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDGs Indicators.

For the audio interview with UN Women’s Laura Turquet and the United Nations’ Keiko Osaki Tomita on the 2012 Gender Chart, click here.

Addendum to the 2012 MDG Report NEW!

MDG Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality

Newly released estimates show that substantial progress has been made in reducing child mortality, but it is still insufficient to achieve the target. Click here for the addendum.

MDG Report 2012 released

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012 was launched in New York by the Secretary-General on 2 July 2012. The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, highlighting several milestones – three important MDG targets have been met well ahead of the target date of 2015. The report says that meeting the remaining targets, while challenging, remain possible - but only if Governments do not waiver from their commitments made over a decade ago.

The report is based on a master set of data compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The report is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish .

MDG Progress Chart 2012

Three years to the deadline, broad progress has been achieved on the Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. The MDG Progress Chart 2012 presents an assessment of progress as of June 2012 towards selected key targets relating to each Goal.

The chart is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Addendum to the 2011 MDG Report

MDG Goal 1

New estimates show that the proportion of undernourished people remains discomfortingly high, though slightly lower than last year. Click here for the addendum.

MDG Goal 4

New figures show that the rate of decline in child mortality has accelerated but remain insufficient to reach MDG 4. Click here for the Goal 4 Addendum.

MDGInfo 2011 available online!

MDGInfo 2011 is available online. This database system is designed for the compilation and presentation of development indicators to support data users in their MDG monitoring. The MDG goals and targets are imbedded in the system linked to the MDG indicators in a goal monitoring framework.

MDGInfo has been adapted from DevInfo and presents country-level statistics available as of July 2011 for the global monitoring of progress achieved towards the MDGs since 1990.

Click here for the online version of MDGInfo 2011

MDG Report 2011 released

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 was launched in Geneva by the Secretary-General on 7 July 2011. The report, which presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, shows that although significant strides have been made, reaching all the MDGs by 2015 remains challenging because progress has failed to reach the most vulnerable. The report indicates what is required to ensure continued progress.(Press materials)

The report is based on a master set of data compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The report is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

The Statistical Annex of the report can be found here.

MDG Progress Chart 2011

Most of the targets included in the Millennium Development Goals framework are to be achieved by 2015 — promising clear and measurable improvements from standards prevailing in 1990. The MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. The MDG Progress Chart 2011 presents an assessment of progress as of June 2011 towards selected key targets relating to each Goal.

The chart is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

MDG Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Progress Chart 2010 launched

The MDG Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Progress Chart 2010 was launched in New York on 20 September 2010. The chart presents an assessment of the situation of women in a number of indicators used to monitor progress towards the MDGs, The presented data were compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The chart is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish