Annual Report 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning

1 | DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVESBox 1.10Achievement of Millenium Development Goals (MDG)Sri Lanka has already achieved many of these goalsdespite having been confronted with three decades ofviolent terrorist movement and the Tsunami disaster inDecember 2004. In recognition of these accomplishments,Sri Lanka needs to reset some of the MDG targets athigher levels. In areas such as universal primary schoolenrolment, gender equality in primary and secondaryschool enrolment, reducing maternal and child mortality,and several other health and social indicators, Sri Lanka iswell poised to meet the MDG targets well before 2015.Table 1.67 > Achievements and TargetsIndicatorMDG Target2010 2020for 2015Goal 01: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and HungerProportion of population below National Poverty line (%) 13.0 7.6 (2009/10) 1.0Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age19.0 21.6 (2006/07) 3.0(%)Goal 02: Achieve Universal Primary EducationNet enrolment ratio in primary education 100 99 100Proportion of pupils starting Grade 1 who reach Grade 5 100 99.6 100Literacy rate of 15-24 year olds 100 95.8 (2006/07) 100Goal 03: Promote Gender Equality and Empower WomenRatios of girls to boys in Primary (grade 1 to 5) 100 99.0 100Ratios of literate women to men 15-24 years old 100 101.8 (2006) 100Goal 04: Reduce Child MortalityUnder five mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 10 12.1 (2006) 3.0Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 6.6 8.5 (2007) 2.0Proportion of one year-old children immunized against measles100 97.2100(%)(2006/2007)Goal 05: Improve Maternal HealthMaternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) 10.6 19.7 (2003) 3.0Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 100 98 (2006) 100Goal 06: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other DiseasesPrevalence (per 1000 population) and death rate (100,0000.0 0.14 0.0population) associated with malariaDeath rates (per 100,000 associated with tuberculosis) 0.0 1.3 0.0Goal 07: Ensure Environmental SustainabilityProportion of land area covered by forest (%) 33.0 29.9 (2005) 35.0Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved90 84.7 (2006/07) 100water source, urban and rural (%)Proportion of urban and rural population with access to improved97 93.9 (2006/07) 100sanitation (%)Goal 08: Develop a Global Partnership for DevelopmentUnemployment rate of 15-24 year-olds, each sex and total (%) 2.0 19.0 (2008) 0.2Households using personal computers (%) 60 8.2 (2006/07) 100Households (all) using internet (%) 40 2.08 70Source: Department of National Planning118