Estimating some unavailable SDG indicators in Egypt

Abstract

In 2015, United Nations launched the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty in all its forms; respect, protect and promote human rights; empowerment of women and of vulnerable and disabilities persons. The Agenda consists of 17 SDG Goals, 169 targets and 232 indicators. In Egypt, Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform (MPMAR) and Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) are leading an update and review the SDG indicators, in this context were issued the national statistical report on the SDG indicators and report of Egypt′s voluntary national review in 2018. According to the two reports, there are 64.3% of SDGs indicators are not estimated. Only 35.7% are available. The paper works on estimating some of these indicators through using microdata of household income, expenditure and consumption survey.