Eurostat have released the publication ‘Sustainable development in the European Union - monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context - 2025 edition’. The publication provides readers with a statistical overview of the EU’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It highlights several areas where the EU has made significant strides, based on an assessment of the past five years of available data. However, it also observes that three of the 17 targets have made no progress or movement.
However, the EU has taken steps forward towards most of the other SDGs, but at a slower pace. Among the group of goals with moderate progress, the EU has performed best for gender equality (SDG 5), responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) and zero hunger (SDG 2).
By contrast, the assessment shows no significant progress for life below water (SDG 14), due to the slow expansion of marine protected areas as well as the worsening health of the ocean.
A movement away from the sustainable development objectives has been observed for clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) and life on land (SDG 15). Progress towards SDG 6 has been unfavourably affected by water stress, whereas development in SDG 15 has been negatively impacted by land degradation and loss of biodiversity.
Find out more by joining the Eurostat webinar on the EU’s progress towards the SDGs, taking place on Friday, 6 June 2025, from 10:15 to 11:00 CEST.
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- Publication date
- 5 June 2025