Report on the progress made in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Abstract

In the present report, an examination presented of the principal challenges encountered pertaining to the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa since the eighth session of the Statistical Commission for Africa, in October 2022, and of ongoing initiatives, opportunities, lessons learned, and efforts made to track progress in that connection. As part of the assessment of such progress, the status of the Sustainable Development Goals is reviewed, along with the likelihood that they will be achieved in Africa by 2030. The results outlined in the present report will serve as crucial inputs to policy interventions geared towards accelerating achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal targets in Africa, notwithstanding the challenges encountered in the measurement process, particularly the availability of data. African Governments and their partners urgently need to close the resulting gaps in data on the Goals and to improve their capacity for data production and dissemination.