How far are OECD countries from achieving the SDG targets?

Achieving the SDGs requires understanding where countries stand today, in order to plan how to reach the targets set for 2030. This chapter uses the UN Global Indicator List, supported by OECD and UN data, and a unique methodology in order to assess how far countries are from achieving the 2030 targets. It shows the distance from the targets for the OECD area as a whole, and how much of the 2030 Agenda currently remains unmeasurable. It also analyses changes in performance over the recent past, to assess whether countries are moving towards the targets, or away from them. In addition, it presents an analysis of transboundary aspects of the SDGs based on the indicators in the UN Global List that are currently available to measure these.