Chart II-4. Progress Chart of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (from UN MDGs 2008 Progress Chart and other sources)

Goal	Goals and targets Indicator written in parenthesis	Entire developing countries	North Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Calendar year	Progress chart
Goal 1	1. Reduce extreme poverty by half (Proportion of population below $1 per day [percentage])	1990	31.6	3.5	55.7
1999	23.4	3.8 (Includes Western Asia)	56.3
2005	19.2 (2004)	3.8	50.3
2. Achieve productive employment and decent work for all (Employment-to-population ratio)	1997	64.8	43.6	67.8
2000	64.1	43.2	67.1
2007	63.2	45.9	66.8
3. Reduce extreme hunger by half (Proportion of people consuming less than minimally required calories [percentage])	1990	20	4	33
1992	17	4	31
2001	17	4	31
Goal 2	4. Universal primary schooling (Net enrolment ratio in primary education: Targeting school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary education [percentage])	1991	79.6	82.8	53.5
2000	83.3	91.3	58.0
2006	87.5	95.0	70.7
Goal 3	5. Enrolment ratio in primary education (Ratio of girls to boys in primary education [percentage])	1991	0.87	0.82	0.83
2000	0.92	0.91	0.85
2006	0.94	0.93	0.89
6. Share of women in wage employment (Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector [percentage])	1990	35.5	20.9	25.3
2000	37.7	19.3	28.5
2006	39.0 (* worldwide)	21.3	30.8
7. Women's equal representation in national parliaments (Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament [percentage]) * Data of 2008 are as of January 31, 2008	1990	10.4	2.6	7.2
2002	12.1	2.2	12.0
2008	16.5	8.3	17.3
Goal 4	8. Reduce by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate (Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births [number of children])	1990	103	82	184
2000	88	48	167
2006	80	35	157
9. Measles immunization (Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles [percentage])	1990	71	84	56
2000	69	93	55
2006	78	96	72
Goal 5	10. Reduce by three quarters maternal mortality ratio (Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 pregnant women).	1990	480	250	920
2000	450	130	920
2005	450	160	900
11. Universal access to reproductive health (Antenatal care coverage [percentage]) * women aged 15-49 who have had at least one visit)	1990	54	47	68
2005	74	70	75
Goal 6	12. Halt and reverse spread of HIV/AIDS (HIV prevalence among population aged 15-24 years [percentage])	1990	0.3	0.1 less than 0.1	2.1
2002	1.0	0.1 less than 0.1	5.4
2007	0.9	0.1	4.9
13. Halt and reverse spread of tuberculosis (Prevalence of tuberculosis per 100,000 people [number of existing cases])	1990	150	54	157
2000	150	50	253
2006	151	44	291
Goal 7	14. Reverse the loss of environmental resources (Proportion of land area covered by forest [percentage])	1990	31.3	1.3	29.2
2000	30.6	1.5	27.3
2005	30.3 (* worldwide)	1.5	26.5
15. Halve the proportion of people without safe drinking water (Proportion of population using an improved drinking water source [percentage])	1990	71	88	49
2006	84	92	58
16. Halve the proportion of people without basic sanitation (Proportion of population using an improved sanitation facility [percentage])	1990	41	62	26
2006	53	76	31
17. Improve the lives of slum dwellers (Proportion of urban population living in slums [percentage])	1990	46.5	37.7	72.3
2001	42.7	28.2	71.9
2005	36.5	14.5	62.2
Goal 8	18. Internet users (Internet users per 100 population)	1990	no data	0.0	0.0
2000	2.0	10.8	0.5
2006	10.8	10.4	3.4

Notes: (1) The eight MDG logos above are created as part of a campaign dubbed Hottokenai Sekai no Mazushisa (Don't let it be – World Poverty).

(2) For details of the statistics data above, please refer to a UN official site Millennium Development Goals Indicators (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/default.aspx).