This Valencian Community are among the advantaged students in fulfilling their so-called obligations. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which set the 2030 Agenda, but still pending issuessuch as reducing poverty rate or increase health personnel to serve the population. This is extracted from the new tool, launched by the Valencian Institute of Statistics (IVE), which analyzes these SDGs through 223 different indicators and is presented this Tuesday.
Overall, the conclusion is that autonomy is on the right track to achieve socially and environmentally sustainable economic and human development, because the Community of Valencia is in an established position. Equal or better than the national average in 56% of indicators analyzed.
For example, it excels in the subject matter. gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls related to SDG 5, recycle Besides the amount of waste contained in SDG 12, a larger sustainable agriculture Linked to SDG 2 or compatible with SDG 9, here industry Valencia’s GDP is higher than the Spanish average.
Gender equality
Regarding gender equality, it is seen that there are more women entrepreneurs in the provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón than the country average. Almost 40% of business owners are womenA fact that brings the people of Valencia closer to achieving this goal. After this line, gender equality also reaches. parliamentary seats Valencians, ministries, mayors of local governments, and assemblies where the proportion of women exceeds the national level. In the case of Valencian Government departments, the percentage of women occupying these positions is 7 percentage points above the national average; Same thing with the mayorships of the local governments of the Valencian Community, the difference with Spain is as follows: 6 points.
Industry
Valencian industry Contributes to 14.27% of GDP, compared to 10.79% of the state average. Likewise, industrial employment represents 15% in our region, 3 points above the pace of Spain. This IVE data places the Valencian Community above the national average, in line with SDG 9, which it is trying to build. flexible infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.
recycle
With regard to SDG 12, which is based on guaranteeing sustainable consumption and production methods, the people of Valencia Recycles more than 53% of waste municipality, in Spain this rate is 40.6%. Also, in this climate action area corresponding to SDG 13, greenhouse gas emissions in the Valencian Community are below the Spanish average. These registrations are based on the IVE indicator of compliance with SDG 2. 20.59% of the Valencia Community’s agricultural area practices efficient and sustainable agriculture, 9 points above the Turkish average. In the case of Valencia, the data reflects notable growth in recent years, nearly doubling from 10.79% in 2015 to the latest figures.
Health
Regarding SDG 3 on Health and Wellbeing, results are mixed. Valencian Community better in terms of childhood vaccination, According to IVE indicators. On the other hand, regarding the ratio sanitaryin the Community of Valencia 55.93 doctors per 10,000 inhabitants, compared to the Spanish average of 59.83 and when nursing There are 69.73 nurses for every 10,000 people in Spain, and in the autonomous region only 61.64.
With regard to mental health, according to the SDG tool of the Valencian Community Statistics Portal, suicide rate approximately 8 persons per 100,000 inhabitants, a decrease of almost 1 point compared to the previous year; this figure places the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia less than one point below the average for Spain as a whole. increased in recent figures.
eradication of poverty
Regarding Sustainable Development Goal 1, which is based on poverty eradication, 25.1% of the population in the Community of Valencia are at risk of social exclusion, On average for Spain as a whole, this level is 21.7%. However, if we look at the AROPE indicator, 27.8% of Valencia’s population is at risk of poverty, while the Spanish average stands at 27.1%.
On the other hand, the rate Expenditure of the Valencian public administration on education this is 23.45% of the total payout, which is higher than the state average of 23%. A similar situation is experienced in the case of health, which is 38.8% in the case of Valencia, while the state percentage remains at 38.39%.
Generalitat Valenciana’s Statistics Portal included the SDG indicators of the 2030 Agenda for the first time in December 2020. Subsequently, information was published on 95 indicators, which were updated and expanded to the 223 currently available indicators.