Latest publications
From commonplace to rarer tragedy – declining child mortality across the world
Is trade a major driver of income inequality?
Does trade cause growth?
What’s the impact of globalization on wages, jobs and the cost of living?
New entry on vaccination is online – a new survey result shows that we all need to update our view on vaccination
Global inequalities in CO₂ emissions
Twice as long – life expectancy around the world
What were the world’s deadliest earthquakes?
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The internet’s history has just begun
Can we eradicate yaws?
Rinderpest was eradicated
How urban is the world?
We have put together a new dataset with long-run literacy rates by country
Now it is possible to take stock – did the world achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
The map we need if we want to think about how global living conditions are changing
FAQs on Plastics
New Teaching Notes from Our World in Data
Why do women live longer than men?
¿Por qué las mujeres viven más que los hombres?