Egypt Moves up 6 Ranks in SDGs Report 2023

Egypt advanced six ranks in the 2023 Sustainable Development Report, raising to 81st out of a total of 166 countries surveyed.

The report is issued by the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the German foundation 'Bertelsmann Stiftung' and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), operating under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General and supervised by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, an expert in sustainable development.

The latest report includes the Sustainable Development Goals Index, presenting scores on a scale of 0 to 100, which can be interpreted as the percentage towards optimal performance in sustainable development goals, Essam pointed out.

In a statement following the report, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El Saeed said that her country achieved an SDG Index score of 69.6 percent, compared to 68.7 in last year's report, which reflects strenuous efforts towards the attainment of the SDGs.

According to El-Saeed, the methodology of the Sustainable Development Report 2023 provides an assessment of progress made towards sustainable development goals by all United Nations member states.

In turn, Assistant Minister of Planning and Economic Development for Sustainable Development Mona Essam said that the international report reflects Egypt's evolving performance in achieving SDGs in 2023.