The Statistics Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission has published a compendium "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Eurasian Economic Union Region". For the first time ever the compendium presents statistical data on the regional list of indicators for achieving SDGs in the Eurasian Economic Union for 2017-2021. The regional list includes 130 indicators, including 63 indicators proposed for monitoring at the global level, as well as 67 indicators reflecting development priorities in the EAEU, Delovoy Kazakhstan reports.
For example, in 2021, the share of the population living below the international poverty line was 0.0% in all the EAEU countries, at the same time from 4.1% of the population in Belarus to 33.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan live below the national poverty line in the EAEU countries. The poverty rate decreased in Belarus and Russia, and increased in Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan compared to 2017.
Real incomes of people have increased in all the EAEU countries. Real salary has increased in most countries, except for Kyrgyzstan. In 2021 the share of expenses on food and non-alcoholic beverages in the total amount of household consumption expenditures ranged from 32.2% in Russia to 53% in Kazakhstan.
The expectation of life at birth has decreased in all countries, except for Kyrgyzstan, compared to 2017. The male life expectancy ranged from 65.5 years in Russia to 67.9 years in Kyrgyzstan, and the female life expectancy ranged from 74.0 years in Kazakhstan to 77.4 years in Armenia.
State budget spending on health as a percentage of GDP has increased in all countries except for Kyrgyzstan. The number of doctors per 10,000 people ranged from 19 specialists in Kyrgyzstan to 60 doctors in Belarus. The increase was observed in all States, except for Kyrgyzstan.
State budget spending on education ranged from 2.7% of GDP in Armenia to 6.1% of GDP in Kyrgyzstan and increased in most Union countries.
The number of people receiving secondary vocational education amounted to 4.2 mln people and increased in all countries except for Belarus; the number of people receiving higher education amounted to 5.3 mln people and decreased in Armenia, Belarus and Russia, while it increased in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
More detailed statistics has been provided on the Statistics Department's webpage in the "Statistical Publications" section.
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Resolution “Transforming Our World. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". The Sustainable Development Agenda includes 17 goals and 169 targets that are integrated to balance the three pillars of sustainable development – economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.
The Sustainable Development Goals aim to end poverty and hunger everywhere, to combat inequalities within and among countries, to ensure healthy lifestyles, equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all, to achieve gender equality, to ensure access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy, to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, to ensure environmental sustainability and other areas related to improving the quality of people's lives.
The System of Global Indicators for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was developed and approved at the 47th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission to monitor the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
A regional list of indicators for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals was elaborated and approved at the 20th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Statistics on April 25, 2022 based on the System of Global Indicators with due regard to the objectives of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union dated May 29, 2014 on achieving free movement of goods, services, labor and capital. It includes 130 indicators, including 63 indicators proposed for monitoring at the global level, as well as 67 indicators reflecting development priorities in the Eurasian Economic Union.
