2026 SDGs Report

The Istat Report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) makes available the updating and analysis of statistical measures aimed at monitoring the 2030 Agenda for Italy, contributing to the realization of this important global project^[1].

The 17 SDGs, and the specific targets they are articulated, include the three dimensions of sustainable development, extending the 2030 Agenda from the purely social pillar, as envisioned by the Millennium Development Goals, to economic and environmental pillars with the addition of the institutional dimension.

The ninth edition of the Report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) includes the dissemination of 321 statistical measures[2], of which 301 unique for they are not repeated across multiple Goals, connected to 148 indicators proposed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (UN-IAEG-SDGs) of the United Nations for monitoring the progress of the 2030 Agenda at a global level.

Since December 2016, Istat has made available the information platform for SDG indicators, updated twice a year (Figure 1). After the extensive restructuring carried out last year to improve the quality of data and metadata, this eighteenth release, finalised with information available as of 25 June 2026, consolidates the Istat-SDGs System in its renewed configuration (Figure 2). Compared to the December 2025 dissemination, 203 statistical measures have been updated.

On September 25, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN Resolution A/RES/70/1, New York).

The statistical measures were developed through collaborations established both within the National Statistical System (Sistan) and with institutions outside Sistan. Namely: ASviS, Banca d’Italia, Consob, CREA, Enea, FAO, GSE S.p.A, Inail, Inapp, Invalsi, INGV, ISPRA, ISS, Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Ministero dell’agricoltura della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste, Ministero della Giustizia, Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali, Ministero della Salute, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito, Ministero dell’Università e Ricerca, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento Pari Opportunità, Terna S.p.A, UNRAE.