Bahrain’s Efforts to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 2030

The Kingdom of Bahrain has made significant efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030

It has been progressing steadily towards the SDGs, since the inception of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, and has effectively met all of its MDG targets.

The Kingdom has also continued to embed sustainability in its policies, with the current Government Plan (2023-2026) poignantly titled "From Recovery to Sustainable Development. The Kingdom of Bahrain's 2023 Voluntary National Review comes at the mid point for the implementation of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda, to critically assess and comprehensively present national progress made to date in implementing the Agenda.

Current Status of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Goal One: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal Two: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal Three: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all age
Goal Four: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal Five: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal Six: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal Seven: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal Eight: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal Nine: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal Ten: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal Eleven: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal Twelve:Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal Thirteen: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts[b]
Goal Fourteen: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Goal Fifteen: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal Sixteen: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal Seventeen: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
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