Evaluationof Global Goals Promoting Sustainability: A Study of Selected Sixty-Eight Countries

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of countries atpromoting sustainability.The study follows a positivist approach with data from World Development Indicators (WDI).Grey system theory is employed to calculate the level of performance of 68 countries.The performance ofcountries is classified into seven levels: exceptionally high, excellent, above average, average, below average, poor and very poor. Results show that member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)have exceptionally highperformance,whereas, Arabian Countries (AC) havevery poorperformance. This research study investigatesthe important issue of global goals on sustainability using an original data set that provides value able new insight.It is
useful for the international community, political governments,policymakers, researchers and international institutions.