Phl progress still slow in hitting SDG targets

The Philippines has made progress in more than half of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) since 2015, but the pace remains below expectations to meet the targets by 2030, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

- Louella Desiderio

Data on the country's 2024 SDG pace of progress results showed that 12 of the 17 SDGs have sufficient indicators, or at least 50 percent of the indicators per goal satisfied the data requirement.

Of the 12 goals, the Philippines showed advancement in 10 goals since 2015 such as Goal 1 (no poverty), Goal 2 (zero hunger), Goal 4 (quality education), Goal 6 (clean water and sanitation), Goal 7 (affordable and clean energy), Goal 8 (decent work and economic growth), Goal 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), Goal 12 (responsible consumption and production), Goal 14 (life below water) and Goal 15 (life on land).