Latest research
Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated – here’s how the world achieved it
The past and future of global change – Max’s slides for his talk at the UN
Have you used Our World in Data for teaching? You can help us!
Global education: 7 slide decks with key charts on progress and challenges
Introducing our new and improved ‘Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Tracker’
How is literacy measured?
International trade data: why doesn’t it add up?
What’s happening to life expectancy in Britain?
How common is alcohol and drug dependency across the world?
Global mental health: five key insights which emerge from the data
How is the world doing in its fight against vaccine preventable diseases?
Mental health – new entry now online
Long-run trends in military spending and personnel: four key facts from new data
Shrink emissions, not the economy!
Does population growth lead to hunger and famine?
Do famines curb population growth?
The missing economic measure: Wealth
Why do far fewer people die in famines today?
Famine mortality over the long run
How and why should we study ‘economic complexity’?
What does a famine declaration declare?