Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals

1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

   • At a global level, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been reduced by more than half, falling from 1,900 million in 1990 to 836 million in 2015. Most of the progress has been since 2000.

2. Achieve Universal Primary Education

   • The net enrollment rate in primary education in developing regions It has reached 91% in 2015, from 83% in the year 2000.

3. Promote Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

   • Many more girls now attend school than 15 years ago. The regions in development as a whole have reached the goal of eliminating the disparity of genders in primary, secondary and tertiary education.

4. Reduce the Mortality of Children Under 5 Years

   • The world mortality rate of children under 5 has decreased by more of half, reducing from 90 to 43 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2015.

5. Improve Maternal Health

   • Since 1990, the maternal mortality rate has been reduced by 45% worldwide and most of this reduction, from the year 2000.

6. Ensure the Sustainability of the Environment

   • Substances that deplete the ozone layer have been virtually eliminated from 1990, and the ozone layer is expected to recover by the middle of this century.

7. Combat HIV / AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

   • New HIV infections decreased by approximately 40% between 2000 and 2013, from an estimated 3.5 million cases to 2.1 million

8. Promote a Global Partnership for Development

   • Official development assistance by developed countries increased by 66% in real terms between 2000 and 2014, reaching 135,200 millions of dollars