Tier 3 Indicators- Not Quite
Tier 3 Indicators, as marked by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators, are indicators “for which there are no established methodology and standards or methodology/standards are being developed/tested.”
These indicators have a long way to go in order to be monitored at the global level, let alone the national and regional levels. They will more than likely be the most talked about in the coming months. This information is from the March 2016 Report from the IAEG-SDGs and will be updated as needed.
Indicators with ‘No information available’ or multiple tiers of methodology were also places in this category.
Goal 1- No Poverty
Indicator 1.4.1: Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
Indicator 1.4.2: Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure
Indicator 1.a.1: Proportion of resources allocated by the government directly to poverty reduction programmes
Indicator 1.a.2: Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
Indicator 1.b.1: Proportion of government recurrent and capital spending to sectors that disproportionately benefit women, the poor and vulnerable groups
Goal 2- Zero Hunger
Indicator 2.3.1: Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming/pastoral/ forestry enterprise size
Indicator 2.3.2: Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status
Indicator 2.4.1: Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture
Indicator 2.5.1: Number of plant and animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium or long-term conservation facilities
Indicator 2.c.1: Indicator of food price anomalies
[The proposed indicator of food price anomalies measures the number of “Price Anomalies” that occur on a given food commodity price series over a given period of time.]
Goal 3- Good Health and Well Being
Indicator 3.5.1. Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders
Indicator 3.8.1: Coverage of essential health services (defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population)
Indicator 3.8.2: Number of people covered by health insurance or a public health system per 1,000 population
Indicator 3.b.1: Proportion of the population with access to affordable medicines and vaccines on a sustainable basis
Goal 4- Quality Education
Indicator 4.1.1. Proportion of children and young people: (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex
Indicator 4.5.1: Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated
Indicator 4.7.1: Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development, including gender equality and human rights, are mainstreamed at all levels in: (a) national education policies, (b) curricula, (c) teacher education and (d) student assessment
Goal 5- Gender Equality
Indicator 5.1.1: Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex
Indicator 5.5.1: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments and local governments
Indicator 5.6.1: Proportion of women aged 15–49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
Indicator 5.6.2: Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee women aged 15–49 access to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
Indicator 5.a.1: (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rightsbearers of agricultural land, type of tenure
Indicator 5.a.2: Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
Indicator 5.c.1: Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
Goal 6- Clean Water and Sanitation
Indicator 6.3.1: Proportion of wastewater safely treated
Indicator 6.3.2: Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
Indicator 6.4.1: Change in water-use efficiency over time
Indicator 6.5.2: Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
Indicator 6.6.1: Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
Goal 7- Affordable and Clean Energy
Indicator 7.a.1: Mobilized amount of United States dollars per year starting in 2020 accountable towards the $100 billion commitment
Indicator 7.b.1: Investments in energy efficiency as a percentage of GDP and the amount of foreign direct investment in financial transfer for infrastructure and technology to sustainable development services
Goal 8- Decent Work and Economic Growth
Indicator 8.b.1: Total government spending in social protection and employment programmes as a proportion of the national budgets and GDP
Goal 9- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Indicator 9.1.1: Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road
Indicator 9.3.1: Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value added
Indicator 9.3.2: Proportion of small-scale industries with a loan or line of credit
Goal 10- Reduced Inequalities
Indicator 10.2.1: Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median income, by age, sex, and persons with disabilities
Indicator 10.3.1: Percentage of the population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed within the last 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law
Indicator 10.5.1: Financial Soundness Indicators
Indicator 10.7.1: Recruitment cost borne by employee as a proportion of yearly income earned in country of destination
Indicator 10.7.2: Number of countries that have implemented well-managed migration policies
Indicator 10.c.1: Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted (no information available)
Goal 11- Sustainable Cities and Communities
Indicator 11.3.2: Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically
Indicator 11.4.1: Total expenditure (public and private) per capita spent on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by type of heritage (cultural, natural, mixed and World Heritage Centre designation), level of government (national, regional and local/municipal), type of expenditure (operating expenditure/investment) and type of private funding (donations in kind, private nonprofit sector and sponsorship)
Indicator 11.7.2: Proportion of persons victim of physical or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months
Indicator 11.a.1: Proportion of population living in cities that implement urban and regional development plans integrating population projections and resource needs, by size of city
Indicator 11.b.1: Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
Indicator 11.c.1: Proportion of financial support to the least developed countries that is allocated to the construction and retrofitting of sustainable, resilient and resource efficient buildings utilizing local materials
Goal 12- Responsible Consumption and Production
Indicator 12.1.1: Number of countries with sustainable consumption and production (SCP) national action plans or SCP mainstreamed as a priority or a target into national policies (no information available)
Indicator 12.3.1: Global food loss index
Indicator 12.5.1: National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
Indicator 12.6.1: Number of companies publishing sustainability reports
Indicator 12.7.1: Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
Indicator 12.8.1: Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development (including climate change education) are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
Indicator 12.a.1: Amount of support to developing countries on research and development for sustainable consumption and production and environmentally sound technologies
Indicator 12.b.1: Number of sustainable tourism strategies or policies and implemented action plans with agreed monitoring and evaluation tools
Indicator 12.c.1: Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies per unit of GDP (production and consumption) and as proportion of total national expenditure on fossil fuels
Goal 13- Climate Action
Indicator 13.2.1: Number of countries that have communicated the establishment or operationalization of an integrated policy/strategy/plan which increases their ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development in a manner that does not threaten food production (including a national adaptation plan, nationally determined contribution, national communication, biennial update report or other)
Indicator 13.3.1: Number of countries that have integrated mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning into primary, secondary and tertiary curricula
Indicator 13.3.2: Number of countries that have communicated the strengthening of institutional, systemic and individual capacity-building to implement adaptation, mitigation and technology transfer, and development actions
Indicator 13.a.1: Mobilized amount of United States dollars per year starting in 2020 accountable towards the $100 billion commitment
Indicator 13.b.1: Number of least developed countries and small island developing States that are receiving specialized support, and amount of support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, for mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change-related planning and management, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities (no information available)
Goal 14- Life Below Water
Indicator 14.1.1: Index of coastal eutrophication and floating plastic debris density
Indicator 14.2.1: Proportion of national exclusive economic zones managed using ecosystem-based approaches
Indicator 14.3.1: Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations
Indicator 14.6.1: Progress by countries in the degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Indicator 14.7.1: Sustainable fisheries as a percentage of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
Indicator 14.a.1: Proportion of total research budget allocated to research in the field of marine technology
Indicator 14.b.1: Progress by countries in the degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries
Indicator 14.c.1: Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
Goal 15- Life on Land
Indicator 15.2.1: Progress towards sustainable forest management
Indicator 15.3.1: Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
Indicator 15.6.1: Number of countries that have adopted legislative, administrative and policy frameworks to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits
Indicator 15.8.1: Proportion of countries adopting relevant national legislation and adequately resourcing the prevention or control of invasive alien species
Indicator 15.9.1: Progress towards national targets established in accordance with Aichi Biodiversity Target 2 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020
Indicator 15.a.1: Official development assistance and public expenditure on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems
Goal 16- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Indicator 16.1.2: Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age and cause
Indicator 16.4.1: Total value of inward and outward illicit financial flows (in current United States dollars).
Indicator 16.6.2: Percentage of the population satisfied with their last experience of public services
Indicator 16.7.1: Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions
Indicator 16.7.2: Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group
Indicator 16.10.1: Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months
Indicator 16.b.1: Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law
Goal 17- Partnerships for the Goals
Indicator 17.5.1: Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries (no information available)
Indicator 17.6.1: Number of science and/or technology cooperation agreements and programmes between countries, by type of cooperation (no information available)
Indicator 17.7.1: Total amount of approved funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
Indicator 17.13.1: Macroeconomic Dashboard (no information available)
Indicator 17.14.1: Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development
Indicator 17.17.1: Amount of United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships and civil society partnerships
Indicator 17.18.1: Proportion of sustainable development indicators produced at the national level with full disaggregation when relevant to the target, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Indicator 17.18.2: Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official statistics
