Which countries achieved economic growth? And why does it matter?Some countries have grown a lot, while others remained poor. We look at how incomes have changed around the world and why it matters.By Max Roser — June 25, 2019
Does democracy lead to better health?There is a cross-country correlation between democracy and health. Is there good evidence to suggest it is causal?By Esteban Ortiz-Ospina — June 24, 2019
Oceans, land, and deep subsurface: how is life distributed across environments?Where do we find life on earth? Despite being vast, the oceans are home to just 1% of life – but the majority of animals. See how the different lifeforms are split across these global environments.By Hannah Ritchie — April 26, 2019
Malaria was common across half the world – since then it has been eliminated in many regionsMalaria has been eliminated from large parts of Europe, the Americas, East Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean.By Max Roser — April 25, 2019
Humans make up just 0.01% of Earth's life — what's the rest?How is life on Earth distributed across the taxonomic kingdoms? Humans make up just 0.01% of life: but we've had much larger impacts on shaping the animal kingdom. Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.By Hannah Ritchie — April 24, 2019
Child mortality: achieving the global goal for 2030 would be a huge achievement – but we are currently far away15,000 children die on average every single day. Reducing child mortality is a key target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What would it take for the world to reach it?By Max Roser — April 23, 2019
The global population pyramid: How global demography has changed and what we can expect for the 21st centuryGlobal demographic transition signals a shift from young, growing populations to older, stable ones, reshaping societies and economies.By Max Roser — April 18, 2019
Our World in Data is at Y CombinatorWe are one of the few non-profits that Y Combinator has decided to accept.By Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Jaiden Mispy, Joe Hasell and Daniel Gavrilov — January 25, 2019
India's population growth will come to an end: the number of children has already peakedThe number of children in India peaked in the first decade of the 2000s.By Hannah Ritchie — January 15, 2019
Is income inequality rising around the world?Whether inequality is rising or falling depends on where, when, and what aspect of inequality we have in mind.By Joe Hasell — November 19, 2018
How child mortality has declined in the last two centuriesHow has child mortality declined worldwide across the last two centuries?By Hannah Ritchie — October 29, 2018
Twice as long – life expectancy around the worldLife expectancy has doubled over the last two centuries around the world. How has this happened?By Max Roser — October 08, 2018
The Internet's history has just begunThe Internet has already changed the world, but the big changes it will bring still lie ahead.By Max Roser — October 03, 2018
How rinderpest was eradicatedRinderpest was a disease that primarily infected cattle and buffalo. Thanks to a decades-long international campaign, it was the first animal disease to be eradicated.By Sophie Ochmann and Hannah Behrens — September 30, 2018
How urban is the world?More than half of the world live in urban areas, and this will continue to grow.By Hannah Ritchie — September 27, 2018
Now it is possible to take stock - did the world achieve the Millennium Development Goals?By Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser — September 20, 2018