The Government of Province No.5 has been formulating first five -year plan (2019/2020-2023/24) of the province with a vision of prosperous province, happy people.  As the Nepal Government has shown its commitment on the realization of SDGs at the international level,the province intends to localize SDGs to the provincial context to contribute in the fulfillment of the national commitment. This baseline report is produced in order to identify the status of the province in various goals and use of the information to identify and design strategic interventions needed to achieve SDGs.