SDG indicators and composite indices for Central Asia

This dataset contains the calculated SDG indicators and composite indices (economic, social, and environmental) for Central Asia, used in the associated research article. The dataset is derived from multiple open-access sources, including the World Bank (World Development Indicators), Global Data Lab (GDL), World Resources Institute (WRI), Impact Observatory (IO), Web of Science, Google Earth Engine, World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), JRC Global Surface Water dataset, Sentinel-5P NOx data, and the land degradation dataset for Central Asia (Khazieva et al., 2023).