Study reveals no country on track to achieve all Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, which include ending poverty and achieving gender equality, a study has found. However, when grouped according to geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic factors, different countries appear to be making progress on different goals, according to the findings published in the journal PLOS One.

Researchers, including those from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, found that, for instance, African and Asian countries-which have the lowest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — have made low progress on goals such as eradicating poverty, achieving gender equality, and ensuring good health and well-being.

However, these countries have made the best progress on climate action and responsible consumption and production, the team said.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is aimed at achieving human progress, economic prosperity, and planetary health. Member states of the United Nations adopted the framework in 2015.

The researchers noted that setbacks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and armed conflict, have slowed progress.

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More research is needed to clarify the underlying obstacles so they can be effectively addressed, they added.

«Our findings show that progress toward the SDGs is heavily influenced by geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic factors, with no country on track to achieve all the goals by 2030,» the authors wrote.

For the analysis, 20 years' worth of data from 107 countries, including GDP, was used. Indicators of