Goal 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Indicator 1.a.2 - Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)

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Global Metadata

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the United Nations Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata documentation on all indicators in Goal 1, unless otherwise noted, is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

See UN metadata for 1.a.2

SDG Indicator Name Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
SDG Target Addressed 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.
Definition of SDG Indicator
UN Designated Tier 2
UN Custodial Agency Under discussion among agencies (ILO, UNESCO-UIS, WHO)

U.S. Metadata

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from U.S. statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from U.S. statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information

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Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories)
Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage)
Date of public data release from National source
Date of last Update of This Page
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Scheduled Update by SDG Team
Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME)
Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL)
Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name)
Indicator web address (closest to data provided)
International and National References