Egypt moved up six spots in the 2023 Sustainable Development Report rankings, settling at number 81 out of a total of 166 countries surveyed, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announced on Sunday.
In a statement marking the occasion, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala el-Saeed said Egypt received an SDG Index score of 69.6 per cent, compared to 68.7 in last year’s report, which reflects efforts to attain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Assistant Minister of Planning and Economic Development for Sustainable Development Mona Essam said: “Several areas covered by UN goals have witnessed improvement since 2022 — Goal 4, Quality Education, Goal 7, Affordable and Clean Energy and Goal 17, Partnerships for the Goals.”
The report includes SDGs Index with scores on a scale of 0 to 100, which can be interpreted as the percentages towards optimal performance in sustainable development goals, Essam added.
The report is published by the University of Cambridge, the German foundation Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General and supervised by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, an expert in sustainable development.
