Welcome to UNCTAD SDG Pulse 2025

UNCTAD SDG Pulse 2025

UNCTAD SDG Pulse 2025 provides an update on the evolution of a selection of official SDG indicators and complementary data and statistics about the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

UNCTAD takes the pulse of the SDGs

The UNCTAD’s annual statistical publication reporting on developments relating to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides an update on the evolution of a selection of official SDG indicators and complementary data and statistics.

It also provides an update on progress in the development of concepts and methodologies for SDG indicators for which UNCTAD is a global custodian agency. Read more...

In Focus this year: Critical minerals

The global shift toward a low-carbon economy has intensified the demand for critical minerals, placing resource-rich developing countries at the center of a new geopolitical and economic landscape.

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Time left to achieve SDGs

Multilateralism and trade

Multilateralism and trade
Goal 10: Reduce inequality Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth Multilateralism UNCTAD sub-themes 

Multilateralism and trade

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It is essential to address impediments and promote a broader participation that could continue to benefit all countries.

Attaining the sustainable development goals through trade
Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Multilateralism 

Attaining the sustainable development goals through trade

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Most developing economies lost market share in services exports over the last decade; only a few leading exporters thrive
Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Multilateralism 

Most developing economies lost market share in services exports over the last decade; only a few leading exporters thrive

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The multilateral trading system has reduced tariffs but not tariff escalation
Goal 10: Reduce inequality Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Multilateralism 

The multilateral trading system has reduced tariffs but not tariff escalation

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Development finance

Development finance
Development finance Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 2: Zero hunger Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure UNCTAD sub-themes 

Development finance

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Sustained and inclusive economic growth is an essential requisite for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

Bringing South-South cooperation into focus: the journey to measurement
Development finance Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth 

Bringing South-South cooperation into focus: the journey to measurement

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With falling foreign direct investment, investment-promoting regimes increasingly more important to reach the SDGs
Development finance Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 2: Zero hunger Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 

With falling foreign direct investment, investment-promoting regimes increasingly more important to reach the SDGs

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Costlier debt servicing undermines the achievement of the SDGs
Development finance Goal 17: Partnership for the goals 

Costlier debt servicing undermines the achievement of the SDGs

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Measuring illicit financial flows for stronger domestic resources
Development finance Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 

Measuring illicit financial flows for stronger domestic resources

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Diversification

Diversification
Diversification Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure UNCTAD sub-themes 

Diversification

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Transforming to more sustainable consumption and production patterns, will not only be good for the economy, but also for the environment.

Structural transformation to mitigate persistent technology gap
Diversification Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 

Structural transformation to mitigate persistent technology gap

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Digital technologies are key to economic diversification
Diversification Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 

Digital technologies are key to economic diversification

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Sustainability and resilience

Sustainability and resilience
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Sustainability and resilience UNCTAD sub-themes 

Sustainability and resilience

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In 1964, when UNCTAD was created, the risk of ecological disaster was hardly on the international agenda. Today, as we

Emissions growth continues, threatening the Least Developed Countries the most
Goal 1: No Poverty Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production Sustainability and resilience 

Emissions growth continues, threatening the Least Developed Countries the most

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Uncertainty and disruptions are affecting maritime transport, its sustainability and resilience
Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Sustainability and resilience 

Uncertainty and disruptions are affecting maritime transport, its sustainability and resilience

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UNCTAD in a world of transformation

Trade in critical minerals shapes energy transition, digital transformation and industrial development worldwide
In focus 

Trade in critical minerals shapes energy transition, digital transformation and industrial development worldwide

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The data-informed path to bridging the gender gap in trade
Goal 10: Reduce inequality In focus 

The data-informed path to bridging the gender gap in trade

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Unlocking transition pathways: A global perspective to SDG costing with synergistic approaches
Goal 17: Partnership for the goals In focus 

Unlocking transition pathways: A global perspective to SDG costing with synergistic approaches

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Stark contrasts in inclusive growth – progress towards equal opportunities needed everywhere
Goal 17: Partnership for the goals In focus 

Stark contrasts in inclusive growth – progress towards equal opportunities needed everywhere

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Remoteness
Goal 17: Partnership for the goals In focus 

Remoteness

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COVID-19: Measurement issues and assessments
Goal 17: Partnership for the goals In focus 

COVID-19: Measurement issues and assessments

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The many faces of inequality
Goal 10: Reduce inequality In focus 

The many faces of inequality

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