Does the HDR report any data on the Millennium Development Goals?
The Millennuum Deelopment Goals (MDGs) are a set of quantified, time-bound goals stemming from the Millennium Declaration, adopted by all UN member countries. The Human Development Report incorporates in each edition many of the
Millennium Development Goals indicators in the human development indicators
tables (see 
Index to Millennium Development Goal Indicators in the indicator tables HDR 2007/2008 [63 KB]).
The Human Development Report 2003 provided more detailed analysis of the MDGs and dealt with the challenges and policies of the goals.
The United Nations Statistics Division maintains the global Millennium
Indicators Database (http://mdgs.un.org),
compiled from international data series provided by the responsible
international data agencies. The database forms the statistical basis for the
UN Secretary-General’s annual report to the UN General Assembly on global and
regional progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and their targets.
It also feeds into other international reports providing data on the Millennium
Development Goal indicators across countries, such as this Report and the World
Bank’s annual World Development Indicators.
The United Nations Statistics Division is continuously updating the Millennium
Indicators Database. The World Bank does the same for its annual World
Development Indicators. By generously sharing data, the World Bank and other
international agencies - such as the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Institute for Statistics (UIS), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
and the World Health Organization (WHO) - enable the Report to include the most
current data in the Millennium Indicators Database and the more recent
estimates for the Millennium Development Goal indicators.
The 2006 global Report contains data on some of the MDG indicators and an updated analysis of human development trends that include some of the goals. This section also includes an index to the MDG data contained in the Report. The animated graphs showing progress towards the Goals, developed for HDR 2003 are also available here.
Progress towards the MDGs:
- State of Human Development HDR 2006 [557 KB]
- MDG progress in animation (HDR 2003) [view the animation]
- Index to Millennium Development Goal Indicators in the indicator tables HDR 2007/2008 [63 KB]
Other MDG resources:
