Since the Fourth Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals published by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in September 2010, only MDG 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women declined from high probability of achieving the target to medium probability while the rest of the MDGs remained the same.

• MDG 3 indicators on the ratio of girls to boys in all levels of education, targets a ratio of 1.0 in 2015, however, the ratio of girls to boys in secondary education remained the same from 1996 to 2010 with a constant ratio of 1.1; while there is a slight decrease in the ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education from 1.3 in 1993 to 1.2 in 2010.

• Two of the eight MDGs remained low in terms of their probabilities in achieving the targets: MDG 2 on achieving universal primary education and MDG 5 on improving maternal health.

• Two of the eight MDGs have medium probabilities of achieving targets: MDG 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and MDG 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women.

• The remaining four MDGs: MDG 4 on reducing child mortality, MDG 6 on combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, MDG 7 on ensuring environmental sustainability, and MDG 8 on developing a global partnership for development - continue to have high probabilities of achieving  respective targets  by 2015.

• In terms of MDG indicators, there are 14 indicators with high probabilities of achieving the target, while 4 and 13 indicators were found to be of medium and low probabilities, respectively. The rest of the indicators for which there are no clear numerical targets (i.e, the target is to “increase” or “decrease”) were not classified based on the probability of achieving the targets.

The country’s performance in achieving the MDGs are presented in the National Statistical Coordination Board’s (NSCB) updated MDGWatch available on the Philippine Millennium Development Goals (MDG) website (http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/default.asp).

The MDGWatch provides status on the progress of the Philippines on each of the 49 MDG indicators available at the Philippine Statistical System (PSS). It provides the probability of attaining the targets based on the current rate of performance for each indicator vis-à-vis the required rate to attain the target by 2015. Among the 49 MDG indicators, 25 indicators were updated based on the latest data available. Moreover, additional indicator on the proportion of employed population living below the national poverty threshold was also incorporated in the updated MDGWatch.  This can be downloaded at: http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_watch.asp

ROMULO A. VIROLA
Secretary General

By:

LINA V. CASTRO
Assistant Secretary General

Related Links

• Philippine Millennium Development Goals (MDG) website