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The Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI) are a tool for monitoring the National Strategy for Sustainable Development (ENDS 2005-2015 / Council of Ministers Resolution No. 109/2007). These indicators (80) are intended to evaluate the progress of Portugal concerning sustainable development in terms of the objectives and targets set in the strategy. They are classified into seven strategic objectives and ranked on three levels. The indicators’ framework is a contract signed with Eurostat to develop a set of indicators to monitor the National Strategy for Sustainable Development.

Knowledge society Imagem decorativa

Growth, competitiveness and energy efficiency Imagem decorativa

Environment and natural heritage Imagem decorativa

Equity and social cohesion Imagem decorativa

Territorial development and international connectivity Imagem decorativa

Active participation in international cooperation Imagem decorativa

Efficient general government

4. Equity and social cohesion

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3

51. Risk of poverty	Equity and financial sustainability of Social Security systems
	52. Inequality of income distribution 53. Total expenditure on pensions (% of GDP)	54. Gender pay gap in unadjusted form
		55. Persons living in households with no employed persons
		56. Old-age dependency ratio
		57. Life expectancy at 65, by sex
		58. Aggregate replacement ratio
		59. Duration of working life, by sex
	Labour market and social integration
	60. Dispersion of regional employment rates	61. Long-term unemployment rate by sex
	Health
	62. Life expectancy at birth and healthy life years, by sex	63. Public expenditure on health (% of total health expenditure)
		64. Mortality rate, by type of disease (cardiovascular and cancer)
		65. Urban population exposure to air pollution by particulate matter and by ozone
		66. Proportion of population living in households considering that they suffer from noise