PROGRESS TOWARD EU SDG 3 THROUGH MULTIPURPOSE INDICATORS

Sustainable development is an important objective of European Union policies, being a responsibility at national, regional, and local level. In a prosperous Europe, addressing sustainable development and, above all, of the health and well-being of its citizens is essential. The EU expresses its concern for the approach of multifunctional indicators, which are relevant not only in the context of the 2030 Agenda, but also in relation to the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the objectives of the 8th environmental action program and the objectives of the European Green Deal. Growing obesity, noise exposure of individuals, incidence of fatal accidents at work, incidence of deaths in road traffic or exposure to fine particles are current problems of the European Union; these being found as indicators not only for tracking the progress of SDG 3, but also for tracking the progress of SDG 2, SDG 8 and SDG 11. In this regard, our paper aims at the progress of the third Sustainable Development Goal, by carrying out a multi-year statistical analysis of the multi-purpose indicators established by the European Union to track the achievement of the predetermined targets. The collection of quantitative data for analysis was carried out by consulting the Statistical Office of the European Union.