On Mapping Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Abstract

This research explains how African countries are doing in terms of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To build databases on SDG scores and other chosen variables, secondary references are used. Examples of influential variables include unemployment rates, Global Hunger Index (GHI), Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), and proportion of the world living in abject poverty. Graphical illustrations are applied to illustrate the relationship between the SDG scores and the chosen variables. The results could be further utilized to do more statistical analyses and create relationships between the variables.