This Study was prepared by Guillaume Cohen, Aneta Haimannova, at the time on secondment from the Czech Republic, and Michal Shinwell, from the Household Statistics and Progress Measurement Division of the OECD Statistics and Data Directorate. It has benefitted from comments from Carrie Exton, Marco Mira d’Ercole, Simon Scott and Martine Durand, from the OECD Statistics and Data Directorate; from national delegates to the OECD Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy; and from several colleagues across the OECD on the indicators and methodology of the Study. Anne-Lise Faron prepared the Study for publication, Sonia Primot provided support on the visualisations and Martine Zaïda advised on aspects related to communications. Finally, the authors wish to thank for their insights a number of experts in the field: Sami Pirkkala, Sustainable Development and the 2030 Agenda, Strategy Department of the Prime Minister’s Office, Finland; Amit Yagur-Kroll, Well-Being and Sustainability Indicators, and Cross-Sectional Statistical Products, Media Relations and Communications Department, Office of the National Statistician, Israel; Mateusz Wyżykowski, Statistical Products Department, Statistics Poland; Alain Henry, Task Force Sustainable Development, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium; Eleanor Melanson, International Cooperation and Corporate Statistical Methods Division, Statistics Canada; and Lieneke Hoeksma, Statistical researcher SDGs, Statistics Netherlands.
Measuring Distance to the SDG Targets 2019
An Assessment of Where OECD Countries Stand
