To fight the global problems of humanity, the United Nations has adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To achieve these goals, it is necessary that future decision-makers and stakeholders in society consider these goals to be important. Therefore, in this study, we examined how important students in 41 countries directly related to the environmental sector rated each of the 17 SDGs. Based on the analysis of these ratings, it was possible to categorize the SDGs into three higher-level factors that reflect the three pillars of sustainability (social, economic, environmental). These three pillars are considered to be of varying importance in different countries. We also correlated the ratings of these higher-level factors with country-specific indicators, such as the Human Development Index. The correlations between the indicators and the higher-level factors revealed that in countries with higher indices, the SDGs are rated as less important compared to in countries with lower indices. These results provide stakeholders with important guidance on how the SDGs should be promoted in their country.

为了应对全球人类问题，联合国通过了 17 项可持续发展目标 (SDG)。为了实现这些目标，未来的决策者和社会利益相关者有必要认为这些目标很重要。因此，在本研究中，我们考察了与环境部门直接相关的 41 个国家的学生对 17 项可持续发展目标中每一项的评价程度。基于对这些评级的分析，可以将可持续发展目标分为三个更高层次的因素，以反映可持续性的三大支柱（社会、经济、环境）。这三个支柱被认为在不同的国家具有不同的重要性。我们还将这些更高级别因素的评级与特定国家的指标（例如人类发展指数）相关联。指标与较高水平因素之间的相关性表明，在指数较高的国家，与指数较低的国家相比，可持续发展目标的重要性较低。这些结果为利益相关者提供了有关如何在其国家推广可持续发展目标的重要指导。