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Country and Regional Snapshots - NEW!

The country and regional progress snapshots are now available to download. They provide a summary overview of the progress achieved since 1990 on the MDGs at the country and regional levels based on the data available for selected indicators as of July 2012. The analysis is undertaken by the by United Nations Statistics Division using the methodologies developed in collaboration with the Inter-agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators.

MDGInfo 2012

MDGInfo 2012 is now available online. This database system is designed for the compilation and presentation of development indicators to support data users in their MDG monitoring. The MDG goals and targets are imbedded in the system linked to the MDG indicators in a goal monitoring framework.

MDGInfo has been adapted from DevInfo and presents country-level statistics available as of July 2012 for the global monitoring of progress achieved towards the MDGs since 1990.

Click here for the online version of MDGInfo 2012.

MDG Gender Chart 2012 NEW!

The biennial Gender Chart depicts the situation of women and girls in developing regions as reflected in a number of indicators, some of which are also used to monitor the MDGs.

It shows that although there has been some progress in a number of the gender dimensions, more needs to be done, in every country and at every level, to achieve the pivotal third MDG and to reduce persisting levels of inequality based on sex, wealth, location, ethnicity and other markers of disadvantage.

It is being co-produced by the UN Statistics Division and UN Women, with inputs from members of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDGs Indicators.

For the audio interview with UN Women’s Laura Turquet and the United Nations’ Keiko Osaki Tomita on the 2012 Gender Chart, click here.

Database updated

The database containing data and metadata on the official MDG indicators has been updated with new data series.

MDG Report 2012 released

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012 was launched in New York by the Secretary-General on 2 July 2012. The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, highlighting several milestones – three important MDG targets have been met well ahead of the target date of 2015. The report says that meeting the remaining targets, while challenging, remain possible - but only if Governments do not waiver from their commitments made over a decade ago.

The report is based on a master set of data compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The report is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish .

MDG Progress Chart 2012

Three years to the deadline, broad progress has been achieved on the Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. The MDG Progress Chart 2012 presents an assessment of progress as of June 2012 towards selected key targets relating to each Goal.

The chart is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

21st Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on MDG Indicators opens in New York

Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistics Division, commends the work of the IAEG and stresses the importance of its role in defining the indicators for monitoring development. Click here for the opening speech.

The International Conference on MDGs Statistics was held in Manila, Philippines.

The second International Conference on MDGs Statistics, organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) was held in Manila, from 19-21 October 2011. The conference brought together more than 100 representatives from national statistics offices and international agencies to review the MDG monitoring strategies in place and propose recommendations for improved monitoring approaches. Participants reviewed and discussed MDG monitoring tools and strategies and made a number of recommendations to strengthen countries' capacity to monitor the MDGs at the national and sub-national level and to improve existing monitoring approaches.

Recommendations of the Conference
The main recommendations of the conference were:

for the international community:

to support efforts by countries to make MDG targets more ambitious and better tailored to different levels of development (including the use of additional, proxy or complementary indicators;
to address all unresolved issues in the application of standard definitions and methodologies for the compilation of the MDG indicators; to strengthen country ownership of MDG monitoring process;
to continue efforts to enhance data management and analytical tools such as SDMX, country progress snapshots and DevInfo;
to increase efforts to provide guidelines and support for localizing MDG monitoring and addressing inequalities;
and to assess the overall progress of statistical systems around the world as a result of the MDG monitoring process;

for national statistical systems: to improve the compilation of metadata in countries and their accessibility by users;
to reiterate the importance of increased communication and better coordination between and among international agencies and national statistical systems/regional organizations;
to advocate both at the national and international level increased promotion of MDG statistics not only to track progress but also to be used as basis for policy and program interventions by governments and the international community;
to ensure the full involvement of the statistical community in the setting of targets and indicators for MDGs beyond 2015, including sustaining the gains achieved in statistical capacity building.

Database update: Child Mortality (Goal 4)

The database has been updated with new data on Child Mortality.

Database updated

The database containing data and metadata on the official MDG indicators has been updated with new data series.