Executive Summary vi

Part 1. Covid‑19, the SDGs, and the Recovery 1

1.1 Covid‑19 and the future of sustainable development 1

1.2 Comparing early Covid‑19 control in the OECD countries 15

Part 2. The SDG Index and Dashboards 23

2.1 The 2020 SDG Index 25

2.2 The SDG Index score over time 25

2.3 International spillovers 33

2.4 The SDG dashboards 37

2.5 Absolute SDG performance gaps in G20 countries 46

Part 3. Policy and Monitoring Frameworks

for the SDGs 49

3.1 Political leadership and policy environment 49

3.2 Data, statistics and monitoring 57

Part 4. Methods Summary and Data Tables 63

4.1 Interpreting the Index and Dashboards results 63

4.2 Changes made to the 2020 edition, and main limitations 63

4.3 Methodology (summary) 66

4.4 Data tables 74

References 94

Part 5. Country Profiles 101