In the Assessment of sustainable development indicators, the Federal Planning Bureau assesses for Belgium the trends of 51 indicators towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, adopted by the United Nations in 2015: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development). For 22 of these 51 indicators, policy makers have set a target, a precise value to be reached by 2030. For the other 29 indicators, only a desired direction was determined.
The assessment result for each indicator is represented by an icon. More information on the assessment method is provided in the 2019 Federal Report on Sustainable Development, available in French and Dutch (see section 1.1). This report is an instrument of the Belgian federal sustainable development strategy (Act of 5 May 1997 on sustainable development, text in PDF in French and Dutch).
| 2019 Assessment of 51 indicators | ||||
| Result | Trend assessment | Total | ||
| towards target | in desired direction | |||
| Favourable | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Impossible/undetermined | 1 | 12 | 13 | |
| Unfavourable | 17 | 6 | 23 | |
| Total | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
On the website of the Federal Planning Bureau, the 2019 Report, in French and Dutch (chapter 1 examines Belgium's progress towards the SDGs) and previous assessment results (2017 Report, in French and Dutch - chapter 2; 2016 Assessment, in French and Dutch; and 2015 Assessment, in French and Dutch) are available.
At www.indicators.be the Federal Planning Bureau presents sustainable development indicators.
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