15 December 2021
Sustainable Development in Malta: Statistical Information on the 2030
Agenda in Malta – 2021
On
16 December 2021, the National Statistics Office (NSO) is launching the first
edition of a publication titled: Sustainable Development in Malta:
Statistical Information on the 2030 Agenda in Malta – 2021. The publication
puts together all existing data related to Malta and aligns them with the
Sustainable Development targets and indicators.
The
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognised that ending poverty and
other deprivations is linked with strategies that improve health and education,
reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change
and working to preserve our oceans and forests. The scale and ambition of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are reflected by the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, all of which are integrated and
indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the
economic, social, and environmental.
A
robust follow-up and review mechanism for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development requires a solid framework of indicators and
statistical data to monitor progress, inform policy and ensure accountability
of all stakeholders. To this end, the General Assembly of the United Nations
brought forth the important role of National Statistical Offices and National
Statistical Systems by stressing that official statistics constitute the basis
needed for the global indicator framework, and that national statistical
offices should coordinate national statistical systems.
Responsible
for the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of official
statistics in Malta, the NSO recognises the need to address the gaps in the
production of statistics for the Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs).
This will be possible by, among other initiatives, reinforcing the coordination
between the NSO and other national authorities that produce statistics. In order
to fulfil its role in providing statistics for the monitoring of the SDGs,
during the past year the NSO embarked on a task to identify existing data
sources and statistical products (national and international) that are
compliant with the methodologies of the UN’s SDIs framework. In addition, the
NSO is persevering in identifying other data and statistical products relevant
for the monitoring of progress towards achieving the SDG targets. The work
carried out so far by the NSO is reflected in this new publication.
Sustainable Development in Malta: Statistical Information on the 2030 Agenda
in Malta – 2021 will be accessible online from the NSO’s website at: https://nso.gov.mt/Home/Publications/Pages/Publications.aspx