Foreword vi

Executive summary viii

Part 1. Are governments in G20 countries getting organized

for the SDGs? 1

Overall institutionalization of the SDGs in G20 countries 2

Evaluating targets and policy actions for the SDGs 3

Strengthening accountability mechanisms 4

Integrating the SDGs into budgets, and public management practices and procedures 5

Conclusions and outlook 7

Part 2. The 2018 Global SDG Index ranking and scores 10

Introduction 11

The SDG Index 12

The SDG Dashboards 12

Absolute performance gaps for achieving the SDGs 14

Part 3. Methodology 34

3.1. Limitations and changes made to the 2018 edition 35

3.2. Methods summary 39

Data tables 45

References 73

Part 4. Country profiles 77