Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger:
The primary school net enrolment rate in the developing regions has reached 91 percent in 2015, up from 83 per cent in 2000.
• The number of out-of-school children of primary school age worldwide has fallen by almost half, to an estimated 57 million in 2015, down from 100 million in 2000.
• Sub-Saharan Africa has had the best record of improvement in primary education of any region since the MDGs were established. The region achieved a 20 percentage point increase in the net enrolment rate from 2000 to 2015, compared to a gain of 8 percentage points between 1990 and 2000.
• The literacy rate among youth aged 15 to 24 has increased globally from 83 percent to 91 per cent between 1990 and 2015. The gap between women and men has narrowed.

Reduce child mortality
The global under-five mortality rate has declined by more than half, dropping from 90 to 43 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2015.
• Despite population growth in the developing regions, the number of deaths of children under five has declined from 12.7 million in 1990 to almost 6 million in 2015 globally.
• Since the early 1990s, the rate of reduction of under-five mortality has more thantripled globally.
• In sub-Saharan Africa, the annual rate of reduction of under-five mortality was over five times faster during 2005–2013 than it was during 1990–1995.
• Measles vaccination helped prevent nearly 15.6 million deaths between 2000 and2013. The number of globally reported measles cases declined by 67 per cent for the same period.
• About 84 per cent of children worldwide received at least one dose of measles containing vaccine in 2013, up from 73 per cent in 2000.