Data availability and progress vary across the five broad dimensions of children’s rights Figure 0.2 Share of countries assessed on progress towards global SDG targets, averaged across indicators grouped into five dimensions of children’s rights
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BOX 0.2
How to read the dials In the analysis for this report, 39 indicators were assessed for progress, subject to availability of data. Whenever possible, trajectories for the indicators were established to determine whether: the associated global targets have already been met; the current trend would lead to achievement of the global targets; or progress would need to speed up to achieve the global targets by 2030. In some cases, there are no data or the available data are not sufficient to calculate a trend, making it impossible for the assessment to determine a trajectory. The methodology used to identify trajectories varied across indicators, according to established practices – from simple linear extrapolations to the sophisticated ‘curve fitting’ of annual estimates produced by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). Further details on methodology and data sources are provided in the Methodology Note document at <uni.cf/sdgreport>. The results of this analysis are presented in a series of dials, which appear in figures throughout the report. Each dial has five categories:
• No data – internationally comparable data of sufficient quality, coverage and recency are not available in UNICEF global databases. • Insufficient trend data – there are not enough data points to establish a trend and make a projection to 2030. • Acceleration needed – on current trends, the global target will not be met by 2030. • On track – the current rate of progress is sufficient to achieve the global target by 2030. • Target met – the country has already achieved the global SDG target. The dials in Figure 0.2, for example, illustrate progress across 39 indicators, organized into the five dimensions of child rights and weighted by the number of countries. Each dial represents a vast aggregation exercise, combining the performance of each country on each of the relevant indicators in that dimension The ‘survive and thrive’ dimension, for instance, comprises 12 indicators assessed across 202 countries, generating 2,424 country-indicator pairs. Just 11 per cent of these are on track, illustrated by the dark blue section of the dial. That rate of achievement will be distributed unevenly across the 12 indicators included in the dimension and across the countries, with some recording an achievement rate of global SDG targets far better than 11 per cent, and others faring much worse.
Source: UNICEF analysis of global databases, 2017.