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The IEA wants to make their data available to the public – now it is on governments of the world’s rich countries to make this happen
We are just one step away from unlocking the world's energy data for everyone. This would be a massive achievement for progress on energy and climate.
By Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser — January 06, 2022
What is the COVID-19 Stringency Index?
An explanation of the nine metrics used to calculate the Stringency Index
By Max Roser — December 24, 2021
We just published our new Global Food Data Explorer
Explore the global food system from field to plate, for all countries in the world.
By Hannah Ritchie, Lucas Rodés-Guirao and Marcel Gerber — December 16, 2021
Attitudes to COVID-19 vaccinations
How do attitudes to COVID-19 vaccinations vary across the world; and how are they changing with time?
By Bobbie Macdonald — December 15, 2021
Global economic inequality: what matters most for your living conditions is not who you are, but where you are
How much does it matter to be born into a productive, industrialized economy?
By Max Roser — December 09, 2021
How much energy do countries consume when we take offshoring into account?
How do energy footprints compare across the world when we adjust for the goods that we import from overseas?
By Hannah Ritchie — December 07, 2021
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By Charlie Giattino — December 06, 2021
200 years ago, everyone lacked democratic rights. Now, billions of people have them
Half of all countries are democracies. But how many people enjoy democratic rights?
By Bastian Herre — December 02, 2021
Many countries have decoupled economic growth from CO2 emissions, even if we take offshored production into account
It is possible to reduce emissions while growing the economy. But this decoupling needs to happen faster.
By Hannah Ritchie — December 01, 2021
Easier data reuse and more flexible visualizations - what we in the developer team are working on
By Daniel Bachler — November 30, 2021
Data review: how many people die from air pollution?
This data review presents published estimates of the global death toll from air pollution and provides the context that makes them understandable.
By Max Roser — November 25, 2021
How do death rates from COVID-19 differ between people who are vaccinated and those who are not?
To understand how the pandemic is evolving, it’s crucial to know how death rates from COVID-19 are affected by vaccination status.
By Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser — November 23, 2021
We’ve just published our new data explorer on Natural Disasters
Explore death rates, numbers of people affected, and economic damages from natural disasters across the world.
By Hannah Ritchie and Lucas Rodés-Guirao — November 23, 2021
Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go?
The world has made immense progress against extreme poverty, but it is still the reality for almost one in ten people worldwide.
By Max Roser — November 22, 2021
Which countries get the most electricity from low-carbon sources?
Explore global data on the production of renewable and nuclear electricity.
By Hannah Ritchie — November 05, 2021
Decarbonizing electricity is only one step towards a low-carbon energy system
We need to focus on electrifying or decarbonizing other parts of our energy too.
By Hannah Ritchie — November 05, 2021
When will countries phase out coal power?
Which countries have committed to phasing out coal power?
By Hannah Ritchie — November 04, 2021
We’ve just updated all of our data on global CO₂ emissions
Our annual update based on the latest release from the Global Carbon Project. Explore it here.
By Bobbie Macdonald, Hannah Ritchie and Edouard Mathieu — November 04, 2021
Fossil fuel subsidies: If we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions we should not pay people to burn fossil fuels
Repealing subsidies is not easy, but it is possible – and the world is slowly making progress in this direction
By Max Roser — November 03, 2021
Access to basic education: almost 60 million children of primary school age are not in school
The world has made a lot of progress in recent generations, but millions of children are still not in school.
By Max Roser — November 02, 2021
We just published our new work on global fish stocks and overfishing
How are fish stocks changing across the world? How much is overfished? Explore our latest work on this topic.
By Hannah Ritchie — October 14, 2021

Latest:Our latest articles, updates and announcements

The IEA wants to make their data available to the public – now it is on governments of the world’s rich countries to make this happen

What is the COVID-19 Stringency Index?

We just published our new Global Food Data Explorer

Attitudes to COVID-19 vaccinations

Global economic inequality: what matters most for your living conditions is not who you are, but where you are

How much energy do countries consume when we take offshoring into account?

Want to stay up to date on our work? Subscribe to our two newsletters.

200 years ago, everyone lacked democratic rights. Now, billions of people have them

Many countries have decoupled economic growth from CO2 emissions, even if we take offshored production into account

Easier data reuse and more flexible visualizations - what we in the developer team are working on

Data review: how many people die from air pollution?

How do death rates from COVID-19 differ between people who are vaccinated and those who are not?

We’ve just published our new data explorer on Natural Disasters

Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go?

Which countries get the most electricity from low-carbon sources?

Decarbonizing electricity is only one step towards a low-carbon energy system

When will countries phase out coal power?

We’ve just updated all of our data on global CO₂ emissions

Fossil fuel subsidies: If we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions we should not pay people to burn fossil fuels

Access to basic education: almost 60 million children of primary school age are not in school

We just published our new work on global fish stocks and overfishing