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GOAL1

NO POVERTY

End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

The Goal

ABOUT THIS GOAL

Around 700 million people still live on less than $2.15 a day. That is not a statistic about a distant problem — it is a daily reality that shapes what people eat, whether their children go to school, and how long they live. SDG 1 calls for the end of poverty in every form, not just extreme income poverty. It means social protection for those who need it, equal rights to land and resources, and building the resilience that allows people to withstand floods, recessions, and illness without falling further behind.

Targets

By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day

By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable

By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance

By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters

Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions

Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

By the Numbers

17 goals · 169 targets · 232 indicators · 193 countries · 1 deadline: 2030

Each goal contains a set of specific, measurable targets – 169 in total. Progress on these targets is tracked using 232 official indicators, monitored by national statistical offices and the United Nations. Every year, the UN publishes the SDG Progress Report, giving the world an honest account of where we are and how far we still have to go.

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