Our latest work
Most of us are wrong about how the world has changed (especially those who are pessimistic about the future)
Our World in Data for teaching – what we are learning from your feedback
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
Global education: 7 slide decks with key charts on progress and challenges
How is literacy measured?
International trade data: why doesn’t it add up?
What’s happening to life expectancy in Britain?
How is the world doing in its fight against vaccine preventable diseases?
Long-run trends in military spending and personnel: four key facts from new data
Does population growth lead to hunger and famine?
Do famines curb population growth?
The missing economic measure: Wealth
Shrink emissions, not the economy
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?
How well do biological gender differences explain the gender pay gap?
Why is there a gender pay gap?