The report provides a statistical overview of progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU. Sustainability is a fundamental EU objective and a clear priority of the von der Leyen Commission. All Commission policies, such as the transition to a climate-neutral and resource-efficient economy, are conducive to the achievement of the SDGs. As of this year, progress made by Member States towards SDGs is integrated in the European Semester, with a summary assessment and a dedicated annex in each country report setting out the individual Member State's SDG performance and the trend over the past five years. Overall, the report confirms that the EU has made progress towards almost all SDGs over the past five years. In particular, significant progress has been made towards the achievement of ‘Peace, justice and strong institutions’. The report also shows good progress in achieving ‘No poverty’, ‘Good health and well-being’, ‘Zero hunger’ and ‘Decent work and economic growth’. There has been some progress in reaching Sustainable cities and communities’, ‘Quality education’, ‘Partnership for the goals’, ‘Responsible consumption and production’, ‘Affordable and clean energy’, ‘Reduced inequalities’, ‘Life on land’ and ‘Industry, innovation and infrastructure’. More efforts are needed to reach the SDGs on ‘Climate action’ and ‘Gender equality’.