Sustainable Development Report 2026
Produced by the SDSN’s SDG Transformation Center, the SDR has provided the most up-to-date data for tracking and ranking the performance of all UN Member States on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since 2016. This year’s launch comes at a critical juncture: Amid rising geopolitical tensions, increasing global instability, and stalled SDG progress, formal UN discussions on the post-2030 development agenda are set to begin in 2027, alongside the transition to a new UN Secretary-General. This year’s SDR features the SDG Index and Dashboards, which rank all UN Member States on their progress toward the SDGs; the Index of Countries’ Support for UN-Based Multilateralism (UN-Mi), which tracks countries’ engagement with the UN system; and two new surveys: 1) The “SDSN Expert Survey on Government Efforts for the SDGs” and 2) a large-scale public survey spanning 127 countries on “SDG Challenges and Means for Implementation.” The report finds that progress on the SDGs remains significantly off track, with only 16% of targets projected to be achieved by the deadline. Yet, the vast majority of UN Member States remain committed to the SDG framework.
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