Bangladesh is one of the top three countries in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This information has come up in the report of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations. The other two countries leading the SDGs are Afghanistan and Ivory Coast. Achieving SDGs is being hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations enacted the SDGs in 2015, with a 15-year implementation period. Its main goal is to ensure peace and prosperity by 2030. It has set 17 targets. And there are 169 specific targets. Some of the goals of the SDGs is to eradicate poverty, ensure food security, improve health, improve education and prevent gender inequality.
Bangladesh’s overall score in this year’s SDG index is 63.5%. Last year this score was 63.26%. When SDG was adopted in 2015, Bangladesh’s score was 59.01%. Bangladesh ranks 109 out of 165 countries in the world. Bangladesh is ahead of India and Pakistan in this regard.
Finland is at the top of the list this time. The country’s score is 85.9%. The next four countries are Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Belgium. The countries at the bottom of the list are the Central African Republic, followed by Sudan and Chad. The three countries that have dropped in the list are Venezuela, Tuvalu and Brazil. Bhutan is the most advanced in South Asia. The country ranks 70th. It is followed by Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Their positions are 79th, 87th and 96th respectively
