{"id":735,"date":"2020-07-02T01:53:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roundtable.co.jp\/company\/eng\/?p=735"},"modified":"2020-07-02T01:53:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:53:42","slug":"sdgs-rated-17th-in-japan-this-year-we-dropped-two-ranks-from-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roundtable.co.jp\/company\/eng\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"SDGs, rated 17th in Japan this year! We dropped two ranks from last year."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2020 edition of the SDG Index and Dashboards Report<\/a>, which analyzes countries’ progress in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has been published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan is ranked 17th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 16th \/ out of 149 countries
2017 11th \/ out of 157 countries
2018 15th \/ out of 156 countries
2019 15th \/ out of 162 countries
and
2020 17th \/ out of 166 countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to 2019, Japan also gained more points, but was overtaken by Ireland and Switzerland. The reason for the drop in rankings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Points were reduced from the previous year for goal 10, “Eliminate inequality among people and countries”. Also, goal 5 “Eliminate gender equality,” goal 13 “Take concrete measures to address climate change,” and goal 14 “Make the oceans more plentiful. Let’s Protect” is flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n