135 Of 216 SDGs Indicators Have Been Achieved, Most Are From Economic Pillars

Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas Suharso Monoarfa. (Photo: Doc. Antara/Bappenas)

JAKARTA - The Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, Suharso Monoarfa, said that 135 indicators, or 63 percent of the total 216 indicators for which data were available related to the targets for the national action plan for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2021-2024 have been achieved.

"The SDGs indicator as of December 31, 2021, the results show that more than half or 63 percent of the total 216 SDGs indicators available for which data have been reached, according to the targets set", said Suharso in the Socialization of Presidential Regulation Number 111 of 2022, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 18.

A total of 216 SDGs indicators for which data are available themselves come from four pillars, namely 59 social pillar indicators, 75 economic pillar indicators, 54 environmental pillars, and 28 law and governance pillars.

Meanwhile, of the 135 indicators of the SDGs target that were achieved, 31 indicators came from the social pillar, 47 indicators from the economic pillar, 42 indicators from the environmental development pillar, and 15 indicators from the legal and governance pillars.

The 31 social pillar indicators that have been achieved include the availability of essential medicines in health facilities due to an increase and achieving the national target, from 92.12 percent in 2020 to 92.33 percent in 2021.

Then also regarding the proportion of BPJS Kesehatan insurance participants, namely the coverage of participation in this program for both informal and formal workers increased significantly, namely in 2021 by 53.98 percent for formal workers and 8.14 percent for informal workers.

Furthermore, the 47 economic pillar indicators that have been achieved include the value of primary energy intensity which has decreased or even exceeded the target.

The primary energy intensity target in 2020 is 139.5 and the realization is 133.7, while the target in 2021 is 138 with a realization of 133.9.

"This shows that in the midst of economic activity, efficiency is maintained in energy use", said Suharso.

The economic pillar indicator that was also achieved was the achievement of the government's total revenue to the proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which actually exceeded the target.

Next, of the 42 pillar indicators of environmental development, one of them is related to the area of ​​water conservation which will increase from 24.1 million hectares to 28.4 million hectares in 2021.

The potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 which exceeds the target is also one of the indicators that the pillars of environmental development have been achieved.

Meanwhile, of the 15 pillars of law and governance indicators that have been achieved, including the number of anti-corruption actors survey (SPAK), which continues to progress, from 2020 at 3.84 to 3.88 in 2021.

"The bureaucratic reform index has also been achieved at the ministry/institutional, provincial and district, and city levels", said Suharso.