Millennium Development Goals: Progress to Date
This chart provides an overview of progress on the first
seven Millennium Development Goals. Progress or lack of
progress differs in every state, so regional overviews provide
a snapshot at an aggregated level. In some instances, trends
Goals and Targets
are driven by high performance or lack of performance by
one or a small group of countries. Since Goal 8 contains few
measurable indicators, it is not included in the chart. 1990 is
generally used as the baseline year.
Africa
Northern sub-Saharan
Eastern
Asia
S. Eastern
Southern
Western
Latin America
& Caribbean
Commonwealth of
Independent States
Europe
Asia
GOAL 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Reduce extreme
poverty by half
On Track
Off Track
Goal Achieved
Goal Achieved
On Track
No Progress
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
Reduce hunger by half
On Track
Off Track
On Track
On Track
Off Track
No Progress
On Track
On Track
No Progress
No Progress
Off Track
On Track
Off Track
Goal Achieved
On Track
Off Track
GOAL 2: Achieve universal primary education
Universal primary schooling
On Track
Off Track
GOAL 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Equal girls’ enrollment
in primary school
On Track
Off Track
Goal Achieved
Goal Achieved
On Track
On Track
Goal Achieved
Goal Achieved
Goal Achieved
Women’s share of
paid employment
Off Track
Off Track
On Track
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
On Track
Goal Achieved
Goal Achieved
Women’s equal representation
in national parliaments
Off Track
Off Track
No Progress
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
No Progress
On Track
On Track
Off Track
Off Track
On Track
On Track
Off Track
On Track
No Progress
Off Track
Off Track
Goal Achieved
Goal Achieved
No Progress
On Track
Off Track
No Progress
Off Track
Off Track
On Track
On Track
GOAL 4: Reduce child mortality
Reduce mortality of underfive-year-olds by two-thirds
Measles immunization
Goal Achieved
On Track
Goal Achieved Goal Achieved
GOAL 5: Improve maternal health
Reduce maternal mortality
by three-quarters*
Off Track
GOAL 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Halt and reverse spread
of HIV/AIDS
Off Track
No Progress
No Progress
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
No Progress
Halt and reverse spread
of malaria*
On Track
No Progress
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
On Track
Off Track
On Track
On Track
Halt and reverse spread
of tuberculosis
On Track
No Progress
Off Track
Off Track
Off Track
On Track
On Track
No Progress
No Progress
Off Track
No Progress
No Progress
On Track
Goal Achieved
No Progress
GOAL 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Reverse loss of forests**
On Track
No Progress
Goal Achieved
No Progress
No Progress
Halve proportion without
improved drinking water
On Track
No Progress
On Track
On Track
Goal Achieved
Halve proportion
without sanitation
On Track
No Progress
On Track
On Track
No Progress
On Track
On Track
On Track
No Progress
Improve the lives
of slum-dwellers
On Track
Off Track
Off Track
On Track
On Track
Off Track
On Track
No Progress
Off Track
Goal Achieved Goal Achieved
Goal Achieved • Target already met or very close to being met.
Off Track • Target is not expected to be met by 2015.
On Track • Target is expected to be met by 2015 if prevailing trends
persist, or the problem that this target is designed to address is not a
serious concern in the region.
No Progress • Or a deterioration or reversal.
* The available date for maternal mortality and malaria do not allow a trend analysis. Progress in the chart has been assessed by the responsible agencies on the basis of proxy indicators.
** The assessment is based on a new methodology and therefore not comparable with previous assessments.
Source: Adapted from U.N. Statistics Division (2007) The Millennium Development Goals: 2007 Progress Report. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/MDG_Report_2007_Progress_Chart_en.pdf.
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