KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — Malaysia attained a good performance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2020 with 49 indicators (34 per cent) recording positive achievements, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.
“The availability of indicators shows an increase of 59 per cent (146 indicators) in 2020 compared with 52 per cent (128 indicators) in the previous year.
“The remaining 63 indicators (26 per cent) still need to be developed, 25 indicators (10 per cent) are not available, and 13 indicators (5 per cent) are not relevant to Malaysia,” chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a statement today.
Mohd Uzir said the compilation of the indicators was based on data from the DoSM and administrative records, as well as surveys outcome from 36 agencies or ministries.
In the context of the availability of indicators by goal, he said the three goals that achieved the highest availability of indicators were namely Goal 4: Quality Education (92 per cent), Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (92 per cent); and Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being (89 per cent).
The improvement was fully supported by the cooperation and coordination received from agencies and ministries, Mohd Uzir said, adding that Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities (29 per cent) was the goal that accomplished the lowest achievement.
— Bernama
