Figures published c. 2005 by the World Bank. The Millennium Development Goals program concluded in 2015; this site is preserved as a historical record.
Regional Charts A set of charts below show the prospects of low-and middle-income countries, aggregated by region, for reaching six of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals.
East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Progress toward the MDGs for selected indicators was calculated using the latest available data point and comparing it to the contemporaneous point on a reference path connecting the 1990 value to the MDG target. The reference path was calculated assuming a constant, annual or geometric rate of change. To obtain reference paths that are asymptotically bounded, indicators for which the target is "100 percent" (primary completion rate, immunizations, access to water) were recast as differences from 100 percent, so that the target is to reduce the indicator to zero. Thus the reference paths for all indicators, except the ratio or girls to boys in school, are downward sloping. Notes on charts displayed below: made progress in the 1990s fast enough to attain the tar-get value in the specified time period (by 2005 for gender equality and by 2015 for all others). They are “likely" to achieve the goals.
Countries in light green
made progress, but too slowly to reach the goals in the time specified. Continuing at the same rate, they will need as much as twice the time as the “likely" countries to reach the goals. Rated “possible," they need to accelerate progress. made still slower progress. They are “unlikely" to reach the goals. To reach them, they will need to make progress at unprecedented rates. , conditions have worsened since 1990, or they currently stand at very high maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS prevalence. They are “very unlikely" to reach the goals. And lack adequate data to measure progress. Improvements in the statistical systems of many countries are needed to provide a complete and accurate picture of their progress.