SDG Index
SDG = Sustainable Development Goals Index- How often
- Each new editionOnce a year
- Last released
- 23 Jun 20262026
2026, up from 99 of 167 in 2025.
Events on this chart
Source: SDSN, released 23 Jun 2026 · Chart: Clarity UPSC
- Previous
- 99 of 1672025
- Highest
- 112 of 1662023
- Lowest
- 94 of 1692026
4 readings since 2023.
Story
India's rank on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
What is happening now As of 2026
The Sustainable Development Report 2026 ranks India 94th of 169 countries, with a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index score of 68.3, below the East and South Asia average of 70.5. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) says ranks cannot be compared across editions. On its back-calculated series, China and India have made the greatest gains in rank among major powers since 2015: 18 places for India and 14 for China. On a set of 17 headline indicators, India's score has risen 9.6 points since 2015.
The goal dashboard shows India on track on Goal 1 (No Poverty) and finds Goal 10 (Reduced Inequalities) achieved. Major challenges remain on eight goals, including Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, Gender Equality, and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Progress is stagnating on five goals, among them Zero Hunger, and the trend is worsening on Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and Goal 13 (Climate Action).
Why it matters
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the plan that United Nations member states adopted in 2015 to end poverty and hunger, improve health and education, reduce inequality and protect the climate and nature by 2030. The SDG Index sums up in one score how far a country has gone on all of them.
Besides the score, the Sustainable Development Report gives a dashboard for each goal. It shows how big the remaining challenge is and whether the country is on track, improving, stagnating or falling back, so it points to the goals that need more effort.
What it is
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index scores countries on progress towards all 17 goals, which United Nations (UN) member states adopted in 2015. It appears in the Sustainable Development Report of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which works under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. The 2026 report is published with Dublin University Press.
Each indicator is rescaled from 0 (worst) to 100 (the target or best performance). Indicator scores are averaged within each goal, and the 17 goals get equal weight. The 2026 index uses 101 global indicators. About two-thirds of the data come from international organisations such as the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); the rest come from household surveys, civil-society datasets, research and geographic data. Estimates sent directly by national statistical offices are not used.
A score shows, in per cent, how far a country has gone towards the best performance on all the goals. A higher score and a lower rank number are better. A country is generally ranked only if it has data for at least 80% of the indicators.
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Terms on this page (4)
- FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- SDSN
- Sustainable Development Solutions Network
- UN
- United Nations
- WHO
- World Health Organization
History
- 2015United Nations (UN) member states adopt the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- 2016The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) begins tracking UN member states' progress. The report was earlier called the SDG Index & Dashboards.
- 2026The Sustainable Development Report 2026, 'Implementing Sustainable Development: 2030 and Beyond', is published on 23 June 2026 and ranks 169 countries.
Readings
| Period | Value | Status | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 of 169 | Final | 23 Jun 2026 |
| 2025 | 99 of 167 | Final | 1 Jun 2025 |
| 2024 | 109 of 167 | Final | 1 Jun 2024 |
| 2023 | 112 of 166 | Final | 1 Jun 2023 |
For UPSC
Publisher: the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), in its Sustainable Development Report. Know the 0–100 score as per cent of the way to the best performance, the equal weight of all 17 goals, and that ranks from different editions cannot be compared.