Tier 1 Indicators- Good to Go

Tier 1 Indicators, as marked by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators, are “conceptually clear, established methodology and standards available and data regularly produced by countries.”

This information is from the March 2016 Report from the IAEG-SDGs and will be updated as needed.

Goal 1- No Poverty

Indicator 1.1.1: Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)

Indicator 1.2.1: Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age

Goal 2- Zero Hunger

Indicator 2.1.1: Prevalence of undernourishment

Indicator 2.1.2: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)

Indicator 2.2.1: Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age

Indicator 2.2.2: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)

Indicator 2.a.1: The agriculture orientation index for government expenditures

Indicator 2.a.2: Total official flows (official development assistance plus other official flows) to the agriculture sector

Indicator 2.b.2: Agricultural export subsidies

Goal 3- Good Health and Well Being

Indicator 3.1.2: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

Indicator 3.2.1: Under-five mortality rate

Indicator 3.2.2: Neonatal mortality rate

Indicator 3.3.1: Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations

Indicator 3.3.2: Tuberculosis incidence per 1,000 population

Indicator 3.3.3: Malaria incidence per 1,000 population

Indicator 3.5.2: Harmful use of alcohol, defined according to the national context as alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol

Indicator 3.6.1: Death rate due to road traffic injuries

Indicator 3.7.1: Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15–49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods

Indicator 3.7.2: Adolescent birth rate (aged 10–14 years; aged 15–19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group

Indicator 3.9.1: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution

Indicator 3.a.1: Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older

Indicator 3.b.2: Total net official development assistance to the medical research and basic health sectors

Indicator 3.c.1: Health worker density and distribution

Goal 4- Quality Education

Indicator 4.2.2: Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex

Indicator 4.b.1: Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

Indicator 4.c.1: Percentage of teachers in: (a) pre-primary; (b) primary; (c) lower secondary; and (d) upper secondary education who have received at least the minimum organized teacher training (i.e. pedagogical training) pre-service or in-service required for teaching at the relevant level in a given country

Goal 5- Gender Equality

Indicator 5.3.1: Proportion of women aged 20–24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18

Indicator 5.3.2: Proportion of girls and women aged 15–49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age

Indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions

Goal 6- Clean Water and Sanitation

Indicator 6.1.1: Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

Indicator 6.2.1: Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap and water

Indicator 6.4.2: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resource

Indicator 6.5.1: Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0- 100)

Indicator 6.a.1: Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan

Indicator 6.b.1: Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management

Goal 7- Affordable and Clean Energy

Indicator 7.1.1: Percentage of population with access to electricity

Indicator 7.1.2: Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology

Indicator 7.2.1: Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption

Indicator 7.3.1: Energy intensity measured in terms of primary energy and GDP

Goal 8- Decent Work and Economic Growth

Indicator 8.1.1: Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita

Indicator 8.2.1: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person

Indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

Indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training

Indicator 8.7.1: Proportion and number of children aged 5–17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age

Indicator 8.8.1: Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status

Indicator 8.8.2: 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

Indicator 8.10.1: 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

Indicator 8.a.1: Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements

Goal 9- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Indicator 9.1.2: Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport

Indicator 9.2.1: Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP and per capita

Indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment

Indicator 9.4.1: CO2 emission per unit of value added

Indicator 9.5.1: Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP

Indicator 9.5.2: Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants

Indicator 9.a.1: Total official international support (official development assistance plus other official flows) to infrastructure

Indicator 9.c.1: Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology 

Goal 10- Reduced Inequalities

Indicator 10.1.1: Growth rates of household expenditure or income per capita among the bottom 40 per cent of the population and the total population

Indicator 10.4.1: Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers

Indicator 10.6.1: Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations

Indicator 10.a.1: Proportion of tariff lines applied to imports from least developed countries and developing countries with zero-tariff

Goal 11- Sustainable Cities and Communities

Indicator 11.1.1: Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements, or inadequate housing

Indicator 11.6.2: Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)

Goal 12- Responsible Consumption and Production

Indicator 12.4.1: Number of parties to international multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous waste, and other chemicals that meet their commitments and obligations in transmitting information as required by each relevant agreement

Goal 13- Climate Action

Goal 14- Life Below Water

Indicator 14.4.1: Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

Indicator 14.5.1: Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

Goal 15- Life on Land

Indicator 15.1.1: Forest area as a proportion of total land area

Indicator 15.1.2: Proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity that are covered by protected areas, by ecosystem type

Indicator 15.4.1: Coverage by protected areas of important sites for mountain biodiversity

Indicator 15.5.1: Red List Index

Indicator 15.7.1: Proportion of traded wildlife that was poached or illicitly trafficked

Goal 16- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Indicator 16.1.1: Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age

Indicator 16.2.1: Percentage of children aged 1–17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month

Indicator 16.2.2: Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation

Indicator 16.3.2: Unsentenced detainees as proportion of overall prison population

Indicator 16.5.2: Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials, during the previous 12 months

Indicator 16.6.1: Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget, by sector (or by budget codes or similar)

Indicator 16.8.1: Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations

Indicator 16.9.1: Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age

Indicator 16.a.1: Existence of independent national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles

Goal 17- Partnerships for the Goals

Indicator 17.1.1: Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source

Indicator 17.1.2: Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

Indicator 17.2.1: Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

Indicator 17.3.1: Foreign direct investments (FDI), official development assistance and South-South Cooperation as a proportion of total domestic budget

Indicator 17.3.2: Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

Indicator 17.4.1: Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

Indicator 17.6.2: Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

Indicator 17.8.1: Proportion of individuals using the Internet

Indicator 17.9.1: Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

Indicator 17.10.1: Worldwide weighted tariff-average

Indicator 17.11.1: Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

Indicator 17.12.1: Average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

Indicator 17.18.3: Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

Indicator 17.19.1: Dollar Value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries

Indicator 17.19.2: Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration