UN Releases SDG Progress Report

Over the last decade, sustained investment and cooperation have delivered significant results in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), including nearly 1 billion people gaining access to safely managed drinking water, a 30% drop in new HIV infections, and global internet access rising from 40% to 74%. This is according to the latest report of the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs regarding the progress of the SDGs.

“Guided by the data in this report, our vision of the 2030 Agenda remains within reach. Together, let us make a decisive final push to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and build a healthy, prosperous future for all,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

The report also highlighted the following results:

• Despite positive pockets, progress is severely lagging. Of the SDG targets with trend data, only 36% are on track or making moderate progress, while 49% are advancing too slowly and 15% have actually regressed below their 2015 baselines.
• Severe headwinds, including escalating violent conflicts (the highest levels in decades, displacing over 117 million people), climate disasters, rising external debt, and a record 23% decline in official development assistance in 2025, are disproportionately harming the world's most vulnerable.
• A global database now tracks nearly every SDG indicator (expanding to over 3.2 million data points, up from just half a decade ago), allowing countries to make highly targeted, evidence-based policy decisions.

With fewer than five years left until the 2030 deadline, the UN emphasizes that achieving the goals requires an urgent, coordinated effort to scale up what works. Crucially, this includes closing a massive $4 trillion annual SDG financing gap through international financial reforms and the Sevilla Commitment.

Download the report from the UN Statistics Division.