End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age

Number of murder victims  per 100,000 population

Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age and cause

Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months

Proportion of households that experienced at least one case of home robbery

Proportion of population aged 16 and above who experienced at least one case of robbery outside the home

Proportion of population aged 16 and above who experienced at least one incident of assault in the previous 12 months

Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live

Percentage of individuals who feel safe walking alone in the dark

Proportion of children aged 1–17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month

Percentage of school attending children who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression at school in the past 3 months

Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation

Incidence of human trafficking for sexual purposes brought to police attention

Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18

Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms

Proportion of victims of assault (aged over 16 years) who indicated having reported their victimisation to the police

Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population

Number of backlog cases and outstanding roll in courts

Proportion of the population who have experienced a dispute in the past two years and who accessed a formal or informal dispute resolution mechanism, by type of mechanism

Total number of people who accessed free legal representation at court by type (criminal and civil)

Total value of inward and outward illicit financial flows (in current United States dollars)

Proportion of seized, found or surrendered arms whose illicit origin or context has been traced or established by a competent authority in line with international instruments

Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials, during the previous 12 months

Proportion of population aged 16 and above who were asked for a bribe by a public official in the previous 12 months

Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials during the previous 12 months

Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget, by sector (or by budget codes or similar)

Proportion of population satisfied with their last experience of public services

Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions

Proportions of positions (by sex) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions

Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group

Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations

The number of international organisations in which South Africa has membership and voting rights

Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age

Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months

Number of countries that adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information

South Africa has adopted and implemented constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information (YES=1; NO=0)

Existence of independent national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles (YES=1; NO=0)

Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law

Protect Children from Abuse, Exploitation, Trafficking and Violence

Promote the Rule of Law and Access to Justice for All

Combat Organized Crime and Illicit Financial and Arms Flows

Effective, Accountable and Transparent Institutions

Responsive, Inclusive and Representative Decision-Making

Full Participation of Developing Countries in Global Governance

Universal Legal Identity and Birth Registration

Ensure Public Access to Information and Protect Fundamental Freedoms

Strong Institutions to Prevent Violence, Terrorism and Crime

Promote and Enforce Non-Discriminatory Laws

Goal 16 Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Targets

Target 16.1

Target 16.2

Target 16.3

Target 16.4

Target 16.5

Target 16.6

Target 16.7

Target 16.8

Target 16.9

Target 16.10

Target 16.A

Target 16.B

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