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The Internet's history has just begun
The Internet has already changed the world, but the big changes it will bring still lie ahead.How rinderpest was eradicated
Rinderpest 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.How urban is the world?
More than half of the world live in urban areas, and this will continue to grow.Now it is possible to take stock - did the world achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
Substantial progress has been achieved in the first 15 years of the new millennium, but in most aspects not as fast as the achievement of the MDGs required.The map we need if we want to think about how global living conditions are changing
By showing us where the people in the world are, cartograms help us understand global living conditions better.FAQs on plastics
Common questions about plastic pollution.New teaching notes from Our World in Data
Materials with key interactive data visualizations for five of our most popular topics.Why is carbon pricing in some countries more successful than in others?
Carbon pricing can be an effective way to reduce emissions. Why is it more successful in some countries?Most of us are wrong about how the world has changed (especially those who are pessimistic about the future)
The majority of people believe that the share of people in extreme poverty is rising. The opposite is true.Our World in Data for teaching – what we are learning from your feedback
The past and future of global change – Max's slides for his talk at the UN
How rapidly the world is changing, and what further changes are needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.How is literacy measured?
An overview of how literacy is defined, and how estimates compare to other measures of educational achievement.Long-run trends in military spending and personnel: four key facts from new data
Do most countries devote resources to maintain armies even when they are not immersed in a critical conflict? How are military capabilities changing in the 21st century?The missing economic measure: wealth
Gross domestic product (GDP) is increasingly seen as an incomplete measure of economic activity. Another measure gaining traction as a supplement to GDP is national wealth.Shrink emissions, not the economy
Decoupling emissions from the economy is possible.How and why should we study ‘economic complexity’?
The Economic Complexity Index offers insights into how diversified and sophisticated a country's export profile is. This matters for economic growth and development potential.Learning for our Millennium? The changing face of education access, quality and uptake in Ethiopia
Understanding education challenges and progress in Ethiopia through the Young Lives Study.Definitions of world regions
Which countries make up the world regions commonly used in our charts?A sense of units and scale for electrical energy production and consumption
How does the electricity output of different sources compare?How new vaccines can help with our antibiotic dependence
New vaccination technology could reduce our reliance on antibiotics.