Egypt rose six places in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index for 2023 to rank 81st among the 166 countries, said Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said on Saturday.
According to the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2023, Egypt now has a score of 69.62, up from last year’s score of 68.7.
According to Assistant Minister of Planning and Economic Development for Sustainable Development Mona Essam, the international report reflects Egypt’s progress towards achieving the SDGs.
She also said that several United Nations’ (UN) SDGs improved this year in comparison to the year before.
These include Goal 4, “Quality Education,” Goal 7, “Affordable and Clean Energy,” and Goal 17, “Partnerships for the Goals,” Essam added.
It is worth mentioning that this report was published by the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the German foundation Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
