Plastic Pollution

Happiness and Life Satisfaction (2017)

How our crop yields have changed over the long term: we now produce the same aggregate crop yield in 30% of the land it took us 50 years ago

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not

How common was it for parents to lose a child?

What are children dying from and what can we do about it?

Are we happier when we spend more time with others?

There are now more people over 64 than children younger than 5

Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end

CO₂ and Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Death rates from energy production per TWh

Does the news reflect what we die from?

World Population Growth

If the number of children is not growing, why is the population still increasing

The global population pyramid

India will soon overtake China to become the most populous country in the world

World Population Cartogram (2018)

Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier

Our World in Data Is at Y Combinator

Cancer death rates are falling, five-year survival rates rising

Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest (2017)

Twice as long – life expectancy around the world

Our World in Data: Plastic Pollution

Why do women live longer than men?

Smoking around the world

Energy Production and Changing Energy Sources

How many deaths make a disaster newsworthy?

Income Inequality

When will the world reach 'peak child'?

Contrary to popular belief, nuclear is safest major energy source

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