World Development Indicators 2016

World Development Indicators will report on progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, as it did with the Millennium Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals cover a broader range of issues, and this edition expands coverage in the World view section. For each of the 17 goals, key indicators have been selected to identify important trends and challenges and elicit discussion on measurement issues.

Where possible, this edition of World Development Indicators includes new indicators to reflect the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, but the structure of the book remains the same as in previous editions: World view, People, Environment, Economy, States and markets, and Global links. Each section includes a brief introduction, a global map of a key indicator, a table, a section about the data, and an index of other indicators accessible online. World view retains the two tables showing progress toward the World Bank Group’s goals of eradicating poverty and promoting shared prosperity.