Child well-being
UNICEF’S commitment to data for children is guided by the fact that the SDGs impact every aspect of a child’s well-being. Our work is structured around 5 overarching areas of well-being for every child which are grounded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This human rights-based approach pursues a vision of realizing the rights of every child, especially the most disadvantaged and responds to the call to “leave no child behind”, so that the rights of every child, everywhere, will be fulfilled.
Share of countries assessed on progress towards global SDG targets, averaged across indicators grouped into five dimensions of children’s rights
Survive+thrive
Learning
Protection
Environment
Fair chance
- No data
- Insufficient trend data
- Acceleration needed
- On track
- Target met
Child-related SDG indicators
The 2030 Agenda includes 17 Global Goals addressing the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Attached to the Goals are 169 concrete targets measured by 232 specific indicators.
Provided below is a stocktaking of the country’s performance against the 44 child-related SDG indicators, grouping the results into five areas of child wellbeing to provide an overall assessment of child welfare. The countries are assessed using the global targets. They offer a powerful tool for quantifying the scale of the challenge posed by the SDG targets and identifying areas where the most effort is required to reach targets or improve monitoring.
- No data
- Insufficient trend data
- Acceleration needed
- On track
- Target met
Note: This dashboard uses internationally comparable data from the global databases held on behalf of the international community by UNICEF and other United Nations agencies. While UNICEF is committed to the localization of SDG targets, global rather than national targets are used to gauge progress on the SDG indicators. To read more about how the trajectories towards the global targets are assessed please read the methodology note.
Population overview
Understanding of a country’s population levels, trends and projections constitutes an essential ingredient in strategic planning, policy development and program implementation for addressing global challenges and emerging issues.
Total population: 23,923,277 (2021 projections)
Male
Female
Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects 2019
Related SDG resources
This report provides a global overview of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, using the latest available data and estimates.
ETH Zurich’s SDG Monitor systematically identify data gaps including gaps on child related SDG indicators.
UNICEF works with governments, partners and other UN agencies to help countries ensure the goals deliver results for and with every child – now and for generations to come.
The Division for Sustainable Development Goals at UN-DESA acts as the Secretariat for the SDGs, providing substantive support and capacity-building for the goals and their related thematic issues, including water, energy, climate, and more.
