The United Nations Secretariat, specialized agencies of the UN system, and representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as international experts identified and selected the 60 MDG indicators.
The millennium indicators for each goal are as follows:
Goal 1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
- Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
- Poverty gap ratio
- Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
- Growth rate of GDP per person employed
- Employment-to-population ratio
- Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day
- Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment
- Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age
- Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption
Goal 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education
- Net enrolment ratio in primary education
- Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5
- Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds
Goal 3. Promote Gender Equality And Empower Women
- Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education
- Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
Goal 4. Reduce Child Mortality
- Under-five mortality rate
- Infant mortality rate
- Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles
Goal 5. Improve Maternal Health
- Maternal mortality ratio
- Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
- Contraceptive prevalence rate
- Adolescent birth rate
- Antenatal care coverage (at least one visit and at least four visits)
- Unmet need for family planning
Goal 6. Combat HIV/Aids, Malaria and Other Diseases
- HIV prevalence among 15-24 year old pregnant women
- Condom use at last high-risk sex
- Proportion of population aged 15-24 years with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS
- Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged
- 10-14 years
- Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs
- Incidence and death rates associated with malaria
- Proportion of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide-treated bednets
- Proportion of children under 5 with fever who are treated
- with appropriate anti-malarial drugs
- Incidence, prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
- Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under directly observed
- treatment short course
Goal 7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability
- Proportion of land area covered by forest
- CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP)
- Consumption of ozone-depleting substances
- Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits
- Proportion of total water resources used
- Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected
- Proportion of species threatened with extinction
- Proportion of population using an improved drinking water source
- Proportion of population using an improved sanitation facility
- Proportion of urban population living in slums
Goal 8. Develop A Global Partnership For Development
- Net ODA, total and to the least developed countries, as percentage of OECD/DAC donors’ gross national income
- Proportion of total bilateral, sector-allocable ODA of OECD/DAC donors to basic social services (basic education, primary health care, nutrition, safe water and sanitation)
- Proportion of bilateral official development assistance of OECD/DAC donors that is untied
- ODA received in landlocked developing countries as a proportion of their gross national incomes
- ODA received in small island developing States as a proportion of their gross national incomes
- Proportion of total developed country imports (by value and excluding arms) from developing countries and least developed countries, admitted free of duty
- Average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products
- and textiles and clothing from developing countries
- Agricultural support estimate for OECD countries as a percentage of their gross domestic product
- Proportion of ODA provided to help build trade capacity
- Total number of countries that have reached their HIPC decision points and
- number that have reached their HIPC completion points (cumulative)
- Debt relief committed under HIPC and MDRI Initiatives
- Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods and services
- Proportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis
- Telephone lines per 100 population
- Cellular subscribers per 100 population
- Internet users per 100 population