Preliminary quantitative assessment of the multidimensional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals.

ABSTRACT: The intersectoral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on humanity raises concerns about its implications for sustainable development. Here, we examine a global quantitative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across all 17 goals using 65 proxy indicators across 72 countries collected from April 2020 to February 2021. Our data-driven analysis indicated that adverse impacts of the pandemic have been particularly concerned on gender equality (Goal 5), affordable and clean energy (Goal 7), decent work and economic growth (Goal 8), sustainable cities and communities (Goal 11), and responsible consumption and production (Goal 12) with global scores estimated to be -0.38, -0.21, -0.28, -0.22 and -0.16, respectively. Country income level was a variable that strongly di

SUBMITTER: Elsamadony M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9418703 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature