SDG 8 Indicators- 2017 Updates
The updated list of SDG #8 Indicators since July 2016, with changes highlighted.
In summer 2016, we created a series of Medium stories listing the targets and indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals. Since then, meetings have been held that have altered and edited the global indicators framework. Here, we highlight the changes and additions that have been made since July 2016 up to April 2017, to update our indicator stories before the High Level Political Forum takes place in July 2017.
*Changes and additions to indicators are italicized, along with notes from the IAEG-SDGs as to the purpose of the edit. Changes begin at Target 8.8.
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth — Indicators by Target
Target 8.1. Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
Indicator 8.1.1: Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
Target 8.2. Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labor-intensive sectors
Indicator 8.2.1: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
Target 8.3. Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex
Target 8.4. Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavor to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
Indicator 8.4.1: Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP (Repeat of 12.2.1)
Indicator 8.4.2: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP (Repeat of 12.2.2)
Target 8.5. By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
Indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities
Indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Target 8.6. By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
Indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training
Target 8.7. Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labor, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labor in all its forms
Indicator 8.7.1: Proportion and number of children aged 5–17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
Target 8.8. Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
Indicator 8.8.1: Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status
Indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance of labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
Previous Indicator: Increase in national compliance of labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
UNSC 48 Refinement, Reviewed at 5th IAEG-SDG meeting; Internationally agreed methodology and standard needs to be approved
Target 8.9. By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
Indicator 8.9.1: Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate
Indicator 8.9.2: Proportion of jobs in sustainable tourism industries out of total tourism jobs
Previous Indicator: Number of jobs in tourism industries as a proportion of total jobs and growth rate of jobs, by sex
UNSC 48 Refinement, Reviewed at 5th IAEG-SDG meeting; Taking into account the concerns expressed by the UN Committee on Statistics and the Tourism Satellite Account
Target 8.10. Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
Indicator 8.10.1: (a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
Previous Indicator: Number of commercial bank branches and automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
Indicator 8.10.2: Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider
Target 8.a. Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
Indicator 8.a.1: Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements
Target 8.b. By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
Indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy
Previous Indicator: Total government spending in social protection and employment programmes as a proportion of the national budgets and GDP
UNSC 48 Refinement; Reviewed at 5th IAEG-SDG meeting
