We published a new topic page on Crop YieldsExplore global data on crop yields, their changes over time, and remaining yield gaps.By Hannah Ritchie — June 14, 2023
Homicide data: how sources differ and when to use which oneThere are several ways to measure homicides. What approaches do different sources take? And when is which approach best?By Bastian Herre and Fiona Spooner — June 06, 2023
We published a new topic page on Research & DevelopmentExplore global data on patents, researchers, R&D spending and innovation across the world.By Hannah Ritchie and Edouard Mathieu — May 30, 2023
How do researchers study the prevalence of mental illnesses?Global data on mental health is essential to understand the scale and patterns of these illnesses, and how to reduce them. How do researchers collect this data, and how reliable is it?By Saloni Dattani — May 26, 2023
How are mental illnesses defined?Mental illnesses are a range of conditions that significantly affect people’s lives. What are their symptoms?By Saloni Dattani — May 26, 2023
We published a new topic page on InfluenzaExplore global data on influenza cases, deaths, and vaccinations.By Saloni Dattani and Fiona Spooner — May 18, 2023
How is food insecurity measured?Billions of people suffer from food insecurity. What does this it mean to be food insecure?By Hannah Ritchie — April 27, 2023
We published a major overhaul of our work on Technological ChangeExplore our updated charts, data, and writing on Technological Change across the world.By Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser — April 26, 2023
Learning curves: What does it mean for a technology to follow Wright’s Law?Technologies that follow Wright’s Law get cheaper at a consistent rate, as the cumulative production of that technology increases.By Max Roser — April 18, 2023
We published a redesign of our work on the InternetExplore our updated design, charts, and writing on global data on the Internet.By Hannah Ritchie and Edouard Mathieu — April 13, 2023
Mortality in the past: every second child diedThe chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally. This article asks how we know about the mortality of children in the past and what we can learn from it for our future.By Max Roser — April 11, 2023
How does age standardization make health metrics comparable?Age standardization is a statistical method used to compare disease rates, or other health indicators, between populations while accounting for differences in their age structure.By Edouard Mathieu — April 04, 2023
We published a redesign of our work on SuicidesWe published a major redesign of our work on global statistics on suicides. Explore all of this data and research in one place.By Saloni Dattani and Lucas Rodés-Guirao — April 04, 2023
Artificial intelligence has advanced despite having few resources dedicated to its development – now investments have increased substantiallyIn the past, relatively few researchers were working on AI technology and there was little commercial interest and funding. Now, the available resources have increased substantially. We should expect that the field continues to advance rapidly.By Max Roser — March 29, 2023
What is Moore’s Law?Exponential growth is at the heart of the rapid increase of computing capabilities.By Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie and Edouard Mathieu — March 28, 2023
Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an endGlobal population has increased rapidly over the past century. This period of rapid growth is temporary: the world is entering a new equilibrium and rapid population growth is coming to an end.By Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie — March 18, 2023
We published a redesign of our work on the Ozone LayerWe published a redesign of our work on the ozone layer. Explore all of our writing and charts in one place.By Hannah Ritchie and Lucas Rodés-Guirao — March 13, 2023
How we choose which topics to work on, and which metrics to provideOn Our World in Data, we present thousands of metrics on hundreds of topics. How do we choose them?By Bastian Herre — February 27, 2023
We just redesigned our work on Waste ManagementExplore data visualizations on waste management.By Hannah Ritchie and Edouard Mathieu — February 23, 2023
We published a redesign of our work on the Environmental Impacts of FoodWe published a major redesign of our work on the Environmental Impacts of Food. Explore all of our data and research in one place.By Hannah Ritchie and Pablo Rosado — February 23, 2023
Technology over the long run: zoom out to see how dramatically the world can change within a lifetimeIt is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime. Bringing to mind how dramatically the world has changed can help us see how different the world could be in a few years or decades.By Max Roser — February 22, 2023