BRICS Sustainable Development Index: the Results

This article discusses the results of study on formation BRICS Sustainable Development Index. The authors describe methodology index, indicator selection process, and methodological problems challenges, also provide a detailed analysis dynamics sustainable development goal (SDG) indicators for countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in 2015–20. indicate both overall progress toward SDG implementation presence negative trends number areas some countries. For 53 64 selected analysis, positive were recorded, average, across BRICS. Nevertheless, index identified several issue individual states group as whole. These include: an increase average prevalence malnutrition, people need treatment tropical diseases, increasing pressure water ecosystems amid decrease their area, share research expenditures gross national product (GDP), decline biodiversity indicators.