Statistics Resource Guide

The report examines how the Internet can be a force for development, especially for the poor in developing countries. It partly draws on research undertaken by UNCTAD in the area of the development implications of ICT.

This is the official website of the United Nations providing information on the development and implementation of an indicator framework for global monitoring of the post-2015 development agenda.

The web version of the contains interactive features that provide enhanced functionality and enable information sharing in our interconnected world.

Download 2015 Human Development Statistical Tables

The eight chapters of the report cover several critical areas of policy concerns identified in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action: population and families; health; education; work; power and decision-making; violence against women; environment; and poverty.

The report provides a final assessment of global and regional progress towards the MDGs since their endorsement in 2000. It is based on a set of comprehensive official statistics compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The report is available in all UN languages.