I've been working on the teacher training materials for the D3: Developing Digital Data Literacy project and came across two excellent tools for checking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, using EuroStat data.
They are excellent, and better than other dashboards that I have previously found.
The first one, shown above is called SDGs and Me. Click a country, then an SDG.
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This digital publication "SDGs & me" was created by Eurostat and aims to help all interested citizens to explore the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an EU context.Differences between the UN and EU SDGs indicator sets
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are at the heart of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development comprise 169 related targets.
The European Commission is committed to monitoring progress towards the SDGs in an EU context. Eurostat has led the development of a reference indicator framework for this purpose in close cooperation with other Commission services and with Member States organisations in the European Statistical System (ESS).
For this 100 indicators have been selected which are evenly distributed across the 17 goals and take into account their policy relevance from an EU perspective, availability, country coverage, data freshness and quality. They are selected to reflect the SDGs broad objectives and ambitions. 42 indicators are "multi-purpose", meaning they are used to monitor more than one goal. This allows the link between different goals to be highlighted and enhances the narrative of the monitoring report. Out of the 100 EU SDG indicators, 55 are currently aligned with the UN SDG indicators.
Indicator selection in the digital publication
This digital publication does not present all the 100 SDGs indicators from the EU reference indicator framework. For each goal, 2-4 indicators were selected based on their relevance for citizens. Definitions as well as the source data for each indicator can be access next to the visualisations via the information button.
The second one is called SDG Country Scores. This shows a quick visual guide for each country using colour coding and placing them on a grid.
The status of each SDG in a country is the aggregation over all the indicators of the specific goal, put in relation to the EU average. It is a relative measure, which also depends to a certain extent on the natural conditions and historical developments of each country. It should be noted that a high status does not mean that a country is close to reaching a specific SDG but it signals that it is doing better than the EU on average.
The progress score of each SDG in a country is based on the average annual growth rates of all assessed indicators in the specific goal over the past five years. Hence, it is an absolute measure not influenced by the progress achieved by other countries.
The underlying data stem from the 2021 edition of ‘Sustainable development in the European Union - Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context’.
- SDGs in the green quadrant show that the status is above the EU average and the country is progressing towards the SDG.
- SDGs in the (lower) yellow quadrant mean that the country is progressing towards the SDGs but the status is below the EU average.
- SDGs in the (upper) yellow quadrant show that the status is above the EU average but the country is moving away from the SDG.
- SDGs in the red quadrant mean that the status is below the EU average and the country is moving away from the SDG.
The status of each SDG in a country is the aggregation over all the indicators of the specific goal, put in relation to the EU average. It is a relative measure, which also depends to a certain extent on the natural conditions and historical developments of each country. It should be noted that a high status does not mean that a country is close to reaching a specific SDG but it signals that it is doing better than the EU on average.
The progress score of each SDG in a country is based on the average annual growth rates of all assessed indicators in the specific goal over the past five years. Hence, it is an absolute measure not influenced by the progress achieved by other countries.
The underlying data stem from the 2021 edition of ‘Sustainable development in the European Union - Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context’.
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