Mapping Sustainable Development Goal Indicators for Pakistan: Way Forward

Abstract

This paper aims at developing tools for data collection for the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the light of data poverty in Pakistan. To this end, 232 SDG indicators were individually mapped with individual questions from Pakistan’s national data sources. After a comprehensive mapping exercise, the data was further broken down by the UN Statistics Division 3 Tiers. Recommendations were made on specific indicators that fall under Tier I where data was still found missing under SDG 7 and 9 and a collation of disparate sets of data was proposed. The paper concludes with policy implications for structured data collection for SDGs in Pakistan.