In many countries, people breathe the cleanest air in centuries. What can the rest of the world learn from this?Air pollution tends to get worse before it gets better, but how can we accelerate this transition?By Hannah Ritchie — February 17, 2025
Our founder, Max Roser, has received two prestigious honorsAn honorary doctorate from KU Leuven & UCLouvain and a “Dove of Peace” in Germany.By Angela Wenham and Charlie Giattino — February 10, 2025
If we can make maternal deaths as rare as in the healthiest countries, we can save 275,000 mothers each yearMaternal mortality was much more common in the past. It is much lower today, but global inequalities are still large.By Hannah Ritchie — February 03, 2025
Watch our founder, Max Roser, share the story of Our World in DataCheck out the new video from Oxford Social Sciences, where Max shares his journey with this project.By Charlie Giattino — January 30, 2025
How much in subsidies do fossil fuels receive?Estimates range from less than $1 trillion to $7 trillion. Where do these numbers come from?By Hannah Ritchie — January 27, 2025
Introducing our new trustees, Claire Melamed and Michael BlastlandWe are very excited to share that Claire Melamed and Michael Blastland have joined our Board of Trustees.By Max Roser, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, and Charlie Giattino — January 21, 2025
Scaling up: how increasing inputs has made artificial intelligence more capableThe path to recent advanced AI systems has been more about building larger systems than making scientific breakthroughs.By Veronika Samborska — January 20, 2025
The great global redistributor we never hear about: money sent or brought back by migrantsMigrants send or bring back over three times the amount of global foreign aid. Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.By Simon van Teutem and Tuna Acisu — January 13, 2025
Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades, and what do long-term prices tell us about resource scarcity?In the 1980s, economist Julian Simon won his bet with biologist Paul Ehrlich on mineral prices. But what does the long-term data tell us about supply and demand for resources?By Hannah Ritchie — January 06, 2025
Antibiotics transformed medicine but face challenges from resistance and misuseAntibiotics revolutionized medicine, but their effectiveness is threatened by resistance. This new page presents global data and research on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.By Saloni Dattani, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Ritchie, and Max Roser — December 23, 2024
What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one?Many antibiotics were developed during the “Golden Age of Antibiotics”. How did it happen, why has antibiotic development slowed down since then, and what can we do to reignite it?By Saloni Dattani — December 23, 2024
How do antibiotics work, and how does antibiotic resistance evolve?To use antibiotics more effectively, it’s important to know how different antibiotics work and how antibiotic resistance can evolve and spread.By Saloni Dattani — December 23, 2024
Most international migrants don’t move very far from their home countriesLong-distance moves are becoming more common, but they remain the exception. For most, international migration still means crossing a nearby border, not an ocean.By Simon van Teutem and Tuna Acisu — December 16, 2024
Large amounts of antibiotics are used in livestock, but several countries have shown this doesn’t have to be the caseOveruse is a risk for antibiotic resistance, but there are ways to reduce it.By Hannah Ritchie and Fiona Spooner — December 09, 2024
Public data on antibiotic use in livestock is incomplete, making it difficult to track how much is used and whereMany countries refuse to share their data, which is a risk for antimicrobial resistance.By Hannah Ritchie and Fiona Spooner — December 09, 2024
US airlines transported passengers for 2.4 light-years without a crashSometimes, the most important news is when something isn’t happening.By Max Roser — December 02, 2024
Billions of people suffer from anemia, but there are cheap ways to reduce thisIn some countries, most children and pregnant women are anemic. There are low-cost ways to tackle this.By Hannah Ritchie — November 25, 2024
We've made it much easier to reuse our dataAn overview of our new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API.By Daniel Bachler, Charlie Giattino, and Marcel Gerber — November 21, 2024
We now have an Instagram account in Spanish!¡Ya tenemos una cuenta de Instagram en español!By Charlie Giattino — November 21, 2024
17 key charts to understand the COVID-19 pandemicThe pandemic has resulted in over twenty million deaths. In this article, we review the key insights from global data on COVID-19.By Saloni Dattani and Lucas Rodés-Guirao — November 18, 2024
How our team at Our World in Data became a global data source on COVID-19Our small team made COVID-19 data clear, reliable, and accessible to a global audience. This is how it happened.By Saloni Dattani, Edouard Mathieu, and Lucas Rodés-Guirao — November 18, 2024