SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals
- The Netherlands is high in the EU rankings for development aid and for remittances by temporary and permanent migrants to their countries of origin (as a percentage of GDP).
- Following a dip during the coronavirus pandemic, the number of students from outside the European Economic Area enrolling at Dutch universities has risen. The trend has turned from stable to rising.
- The trend in the volume of Dutch imports from low-income countries is rising.
Dasboard and indicators
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in EU
in 2022
in EU
in 2022
| Theme | Indicator | Value | Trend | Position in EU | Position in EU ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Official development assistance | 0.7% of gross national income in 2022 | 5th out of 26 in 2022 | High ranking | |
| General | Remittances | 1.6% of GDP in 2022 | increasing (increase well-being) | 6th out of 25 in 2022 | High ranking |
| General | Imports of goods from low-income countries G) | € 39 per capita (prices 2020) in 2023 | |||
| General | Imports of goods from lower-middle-income countries G) | € 1,622 per capita (prices 2020) in 2023 | increasing (increase well-being) | ||
| General | Non-EER students at universities | 15.9% of newly enrolled first year students (bachelors or masters) in 2023 | increasing (increase well-being) | ||
| General | Material footprint A) | 8.6 tonnes per capita in 2021 | |||
| General | Land footprint | 0.7 hectares per capita in 2021 | |||
| General | Greenhouse gas footprint A) | 15.7 tonnes CO2 equivalents per capita in 2022 |
Colour codes and notes to the dashboards in the Monitor of Well-being
SDG 17 differs from the other SDGs. Its focus is on forming and nurturing partnerships to help achieve the other goals. Collaboration, especially in an international context, is essential to strengthen capacity and make the necessary resources available to implement the sustainable-development agenda. This requires internationally consistent policies, a cooperative mindset and willingness to enter into new global partnerships. In the Dutch context, SDG 17 examines the effects of certain trends in the Netherlands on other countries; this is the criterium used here to determine whether the dashboard indicators are colour-coded green, grey or red.
Unfortunately, no quantifiable indicators are available for most of the sub-goals in SDG 17. Many of these sub-goals relate to policy instruments that support sustainable development in other countries, and no statistical indicators are used for these purposes. Instead, countries are required to state whether these policy instruments are in place in their country. Statistical agencies around the world are grappling with the question of how SDG 17 can be made more quantifiable.
The dashboard includes a few relevant indicators, for a small number of SDG 17 sub-goals. As the classification used for the other sixteen SDGs – in terms of resources and opportunities, use, outcomes and subjective assessment – has no relevance for SDG 17, it is not applied in this dashboard; nor is it possible to describe whether the Netherlands is moving towards or away from the targets of this SDG. For this reason, we only describe trends and positions for the main results of the individual indicators here.
We have added a number of footprint indicators to the dashboard to reflect the impact of Dutch consumption on global natural capital. These footprints look beyond Dutch borders: they represent the consequence of Dutch consumption for the rest of the world. CBS is collaborating with the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) to improve and standardise methods to measure footprints.