Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2016: SDG Baseline Report

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Baseline Report introduces an innovative regional progress measurement methodology. The report estimates objective and feasible target values for the region. It makes use of available data to establish a baseline and assess the gaps which need to be closed if the SDGs are to be achieved by 2030. The analysis uses national values for 30 per cent of the proposed global SDG indicators to assess regional achievements for each SDG in the baseline year 2015. It applies a subset of these indicators to illustrate the progress made since 2000 and progress needed to meet the 2030 targets.

The report presents the SDG baseline for the Asia and the Pacific both at the regional and sub-regional level for selected targets of each SDG. It uses the latest country data and supplementary statistical information aligned to the proposed global indicators.