THE 2030 SCORECARD · UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Four years left, and one goal in five is on track.
A decade after the 193 UN member states adopted the 17 Goals in 2015, the gains are real but the pace is not. Of the 139 targets with enough trend data to judge, the UN's 2026 stocktake finds only about a third advancing at the speed 2030 requires — while roughly one in six has slid below where it started in 2015. Below: every goal, its 2015 baseline against the latest reading, and whether the arrow points the right way.
WHERE THE 139 MEASURABLE TARGETS STAND, 2026Source: UN SDG Report 2026
36% on track or moderate progress
49% advancing too slowly
15% regressed below 2015
1 in 10
people still live in extreme poverty — about 826 million, just ~3 points below 2015.
2.3 bn
face moderate or severe food insecurity; 150M+ children remain stunted.
40→74%
of the world now uses the internet — the clearest win of the decade.
117.8 M
people were forcibly displaced by end-2025 — conflict at a decades-high.
−23.1%
the record 2025 fall in development aid, back to roughly 2015 levels.
$4 tn/yr
the annual financing gap to reach the Goals; LMIC debt hit a record $8.9tn.
The 17 Goals, measured
Each goal below leads with a single headline indicator: its 2015 starting point against the most recent reading, the direction of travel, and a status set against what 2030 demands. Status reflects the UN's target-level assessment for that goal, not a single number.