Millennium Development Goals
The MDGs consist of 8 goals, 18 targets, and 48 monitoring indicators.  Some indicators, particularly for goals 7 and 8, remain under discussion.  Additions or revisions to the list may be made in the future.  Definitions of the MDG indicators can be found in Part 6 - Definitions.

GOALS
TARGETS
INDICATORS

Goal 1
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger   

Target 1
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day
1.  Proportion of population below $1 a day(percentage of the population living on less than $1.08 a day at 1993 international prices)
2.  Poverty gap ratio at the $1 a day poverty line
Target 2
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger  
3.  Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
4.  Prevalence of underweight in children (under 5 years of age)
5.  Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption
Goal 2
Achieve universal primary education
 
Target 3
Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling 
6.  Net enrollment ratio in primary education
7.  Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5
8.  Literacy rate of 15- to 24-year-olds
Goal 3
Promote gender equality and empower women
  
Target 4
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and in all levels of education no later than 2015
  
9.  Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary, and tertiary education
10.  Ratio of literate females to males among 15- to 24-year-olds
11.  Share of women in wage employment in the nonagricultural sector
12.  Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
Goal 4
Reduce child mortality
 
Target 5
Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-5 mortality rate
 
13.  Under-5 mortality rate
14.  Infant mortality rate
15.  Proportion of 1-year-old children immunized against measles
Goal 5
Improve maternal health
Target 6
Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
16.  Maternal mortality ratio
17.  Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
Goal 6
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
     
Target 7
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS 
18.  HIV prevalence among 15- to 24-year-old pregnant women
19.  Contraceptive prevalence
20.  Number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Target 8
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
  
21.  Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria
22.  Proportion of population in malaria-risk areas using effective malaria prevention and treatment measures
23.  Prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
24.  Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected under the directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) case detection  and treatment strategy
Goal 7
Ensure environmental sustainability      
Target 9
Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse loss of environmental resources   
25.  Change in land area covered by forest
26.  Land area protected to maintain biological diversity
27.  GDP per unit of energy use
28.  Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita)
Target 10
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
29.  Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source
Target 11
Have achieved, by 2020, a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers
30.  Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation
31.  Proportion of population with access to secure tenure
Goal 8
Develop a global partnership for development
The last goal - global partnership for development - is about the means to achieve the first seven
                      
Target 12
Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading, and financial system (includes a commitment to good governance, development, and poverty reduction - both nationally and internationally)
Some of the indicators listed below will be monitored separately for the least developed countries, Africa, landlocked countries, and small islands developing states.
Target 13
Address the special  needs of the least developed countries (includes tariff - and quota-free access for exports enhanced program of debt relief for highly indebted poor countries (HIPC) and cancellation of official bilateral debt, and more generous official development assistance (ODA) for countries committed to poverty reduction)    
Official Development Assistance

32.  Net ODA as a percentage of DAC donors' gross national income
33.  Proportion of ODA to basic social services (basic education, primary health care, nutrition, safe water, and sanitation)
34.  Proportion of ODA that is united
35.  Proportion of ODA for environment in small island developing states
36.  Proportion of ODA for the transport sector in landlocked countries
Target 14
Address the special needs of landlocked countries and small island developing states    
Market Access

37.  Proportion of exports (by value, excluding arms) admitted free of duties and quotas
38.  Average tariffs and quotas on agricultural  products and textiles and clothing
39.  Domestic and export agricultural subsidies in OECD countries
40.  Proportion of ODA provided to help build trade capacity
Target 15
Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term   
Debt Sustainability

41.  Proportion of official bilateral HIPC debt canceled
42.  Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods and services
43.  Proportion of ODA provided as debt relief
44.  Number of countries reaching HIPC decision and completion points
Target 16
In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth
Other

45.  Unemployment rate of 15- to 24-year-olds
Target 17
In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries
46.  Proportion of population with access to affordable, essential drugs on a sustainable basis
Target 18
In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications
47.  Telephone lines per 100 people
48.  Personal computers per 100 people

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