UNITED NATIONS SDGs AGENDA 2030 - REVIEW OF ZAMBIA’S PERFORMANCE

According to SDG Center for Africa and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2019): Africa SDG Index and Dashboards Report 2019. Kigali and New York: SDG Center for Africa and Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the following paragraphs highlights the general performance of Zambia.

Zambia’s overall performance according to the report had an Index Score of 53.0, a Regional Average Score of 55.8 and ranked 22nd out of 52 countries with respect to Africa Index Rank. The current assessment of Zambia on the 2019 SDG Dashboard indicates that the country is facing major challenges with achieving SDGs 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 16. Relating to SDGs 4, 5, 10,11,12 and 17, there are significant number of challenges being faced whiles challenges still remain with respect to SDG 13 and 15. Information on the country’s performance with respect to SDG 14; Life below water is unavailable.

According to the SDG Trends of this report, Zambia is moderately improving in the achievement level of SDGs 3, 5, 8, 9 and 17. Also the country is on track or maintain SDG achievement with respect to SDG 13; Climate Action. The country according to the report seems to be stagnating in the area of achieving SDG 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 15 and 16.

According to the SDG Trends of this report, Zambia is moderately improving in the achievement level of SDGs 3, 5, 8, 9 and 17. Also the country is on track or maintain SDG achievement with respect to SDG 13; Climate Action. The country according to the report seems to be stagnating in the area of achieving SDG 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 15 and 16.