Progress Towards Sustainable Development Goals (SL IB Economics)

Armenia's Progress Towards Three of the SGDs ( Source: SDGIndex.org)

Goal	Progress	Chart
	The prevalence of undernourishment considers the percentage of the population whose food intake is "insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements for a minimum of one year" (SDGIndex) "Dietary energy requirements are defined as the amount of dietary energy required by an individual to maintain body functions, health and normal activity" (SDGIndex) There has been good progress with the value falling from 27 in 2001 to 3.40 in 2019 Undernourishment causes productivity to fall and it can be assumed that with more nourishment, health and productivity will improve Since 2015, there has been a slight increase in the undernourishment indicator
	This metric consider "the percentage of adults, 15 years and older, who report having an account (by themselves or with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution, or who have personally used a mobile money service within the past 12 months" (SDGIndex) Access to banking increases the ability to make transactions that can improve the standard of living e.g. remote vendors selling agricultural products can receive payment by mobile phone Between 2014 and 2018 there has been a significant improvement in access to banking moving from 20% of the population to 50% This value is still well below the target but the data is not current and judging by the trend, the current percentage could be a lot higher
	The number of intentional homicides per 100,000 people "Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes and interpersonal violence and do not include all killing, such as killing in armed conflict" (SDGIndex) The progress in Armenia between 2000 and 2020 has been erratic Overall, there is a positive downward trend from a value of 3 in 2000 to a value of 1.7 in 2020 The value peaked in 2008/9 at 3.4

Ecuador's Progress Towards Three of the SGDs ( Source: SDGIndex.org)

Goal	Progress	Chart
	The prevalence of undernourishment considers the percentage of the population whose food intake is "insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements for a minimum of one year" (SDGIndex) "Dietary energy requirements are defined as the amount of dietary energy required by an individual to maintain body functions, health and normal activity" (SDGIndex) Between 2008 and 2011 there was good progress with the value falling from 22 to 8 Undernourishment has been increasing slowly, but steadily since then and in 2020 was at 13 Undernourishment causes productivity to fall and it can be assumed that with increasing undernourishment, health and productivity will worsen
	This metric considers "the percentage of adults, 15 years and older, who report having an account (by themselves or with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution, or who have personally used a mobile money service within the past 12 months" (SDGIndex) Access to banking increases the ability to make transactions that can improve the standard of living e.g. remote vendors selling agricultural products can receive payment by mobile phone Progress is slow. Between 2011 and 2018 there has been a small improvement in access to banking moving from 38% of the population to 50% In the final 4 years the increasing trend was starting to flatten This value is still well below the target but the data is not current. However, judging by the trend, the current percentage is not likely to be much higher
	The number of intentional homicides per 100,000 people "Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes and interpersonal violence and do not include all killing, such as killing in armed conflict" (SDGIndex) The progress in Ecuador between 2000 and 2020 has been mostly positive It initially increased between 2001 and 2007 when it peaked at a value of 18 Homicides then fell steadily until 2018 with the lowest recorded value of 6 Since 2018 there has been a concerning upward trend in this value Overall, there is a positive downward trend from a value of 15 in 2000 to a value of 8 in 2020