The Global Indicator Framework highlights the interconnected and ambitious aspirations for the continued development of nations and societies.
The major role of the framework is to enable nations and the global community to gather relevant demographics and statistical data to measure, manage and monitor progress on economic, social and environmental sustainability. The countries and stakeholders can thus make informed decisions and on-going improvements to contribute towards achieving the SDGs.
SDG actors all around the world, including individuals, governments, institutions, organizations, universities, businesses, CSR departments or foundations, regardless of their size and purpose can work on multiple SDG goals at the same time. They may then choose the corresponding indicators that are best suited to the scope of their work or tailor the indicators to specific challenges and opportunities in their communities, to track their own progress towards sustainable development and contribute to the national level data.
According to the IAEG – SDGs, Indicators must be disaggregated, where relevant, by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability and geographic location, or other characteristics, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics. The SDG indicators are divided into three tiers based on their level of methodological development and the availability of data for each indicator. The tier classifications for indicators keep changing as methodologies are developed and data availability increases.