Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2017
Measuring SDG Progress in Asia and the Pacific - Is there Enough Data?
Abstract
The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2017 is structured as a suite of products comprising at its core a review of SDG data availability in the Asia-Pacific region. Using SDG data from custodian agencies, the report proposes a method to estimate the feasibility of calculating trend over time, or current status, for each indicator for the region, subregions and for selected country groupings. The analysis of current data leads to a series of key messages discussed in the report. Other components of the Statistical Yearbook 2017 are an updated online database with different module to query, compare and visualize data; as well as a set of SDG datasheets for the 58 regional ESCAP member states. The ready-to-print SDG datasheets present latest available data for each country, side-by-side with the Asia-pacific aggregates as comparator.
Table of Contents
ForewordAcknowledgementsThe need to understand data availability for SDG indicators in the Asia-Pacific regionAnalysing data availability for the global SDG indicators: methodologyData availability in the Asia-Pacific region: main findingsThe link between data availability and the frequency of data production and disseminationSummary and the road aheadSummary of data availability status by SDGsList of SDG indicators by tier classification and availability statusData source and statistical methods used for the reportAESCAP subregions and income groups
