Humans destroyed forests for thousands of years – we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand
Why has humanity destroyed such vast forests? And how can we bring this to an end?
Our latest work
We just published our IPCC Climate Scenario Explorer
Explore the assumptions of global shared socioeconomic pathways used in IPCC scenarios.We just did our annual update of global electricity data
Explore how electricity sources changed across the world in 2021.War in Ukraine
Explore our data and resources which are relevant context for the war in Ukraine.At what age do people experience depression for the first time?
People are being diagnosed with depression at an earlier age than in the past because of increased openness to mental health disorders and improved diagnostic guidelines.Increasing agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most important problems this century
Agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa needs to improve to reduce hunger, poverty, and the destruction of biodiversity.How could the war in Ukraine impact global food supplies?
Both Ukraine and Russia are some of the world’s largest food exporters. How could global food be impacted?Malaria: One of the leading causes of child deaths, but progress is possible and you can contribute to it
We do not have to live in a world in which 1320 children die from a preventable disease every day.The International Energy Agency publishes the detailed, global energy data we all need, but its funders force it behind paywalls. Let’s ask them to change it.
For energy security and progress on climate change we need open data on energy. The funders of the IEA can make this happen.The future is vast – what does this mean for our own life?
If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.We just published our new Migration Data Explorer
Explore global data on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers.New Data Explorer: Where do people migrate from and to?
Explore global migration data, country-by-country.Nuclear weapons: Why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation
The consequences of nuclear war would be devastating. Much more should – and can – be done to reduce the risk that humanity will ever fight such a war.Why randomized controlled trials matter and the procedures that strengthen them
Randomized controlled trials are a key tool to study cause and effect. Why do they matter and how do they work?In most countries, democracy is a recent achievement. Dictatorship is far from a distant memory
How old are democracies across the world?How we’re building a team for better data at Our World in Data
Data is too often published in a way that’s hard to understand, check and build upon – reinforcing the low valuation it gets in society. Here is how we’re trying to break out of this bad equilibrium.Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead poisoning. What can we do to reduce this?
Estimates suggest that around every third child in the world suffers from lead poisoning. What can we do to reduce this?The history of the end of poverty has just begun
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.How do key COVID-19 metrics compare to previous waves?
How are confirmed cases translating into hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths now that many have been vaccinated?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.We just published our new Global Food Data Explorer
Explore the global food system from field to plate, for all countries in the world.