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Mortality in the past: every second child died
The 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.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.We published a redesign of our work on Suicides
We published a major redesign of our work on global statistics on suicides. Explore all of this data and research in one place.Artificial intelligence has advanced despite having few resources dedicated to its development – now investments have increased substantially
The available resources have increased substantially. We should expect that the field continues to advance rapidly.What is Moore’s Law?
Exponential growth is at the heart of the rapid increase of computing capabilities.Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end
Global 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.We published a redesign of our work on the Ozone Layer
We published a redesign of our work on the ozone layer. Explore all of our writing and charts in one place.How we choose which topics to work on, and which metrics to provide
On Our World in Data, we present thousands of metrics on hundreds of topics. How do we choose them?We just redesigned our work on Waste Management
Explore data visualizations on waste management.We published a redesign of our work on the Environmental Impacts of Food
We published a major redesign of our work on the Environmental Impacts of Food. Explore all of our data and research in one place.Technology over the long run: zoom out to see how dramatically the world can change within a lifetime
It is easy to underestimate the magnitude of this change. Understanding this can help us see how different the world could be in the future.What does it mean for a species to be at risk of extinction?
We need to focus on the most threatened species to protect them from extinction. But what does it mean for a species to be at risk, and how is it measured?We published a redesign of our work on Light at Night
On this page, you can find data, visualizations, and writing about changes in efficiency, price, and access to lighting.AI timelines: What do experts in artificial intelligence expect for the future?
Many AI experts believe there is a real chance that human-level artificial intelligence will be developed within the next decades, and some believe that it will exist much sooner.We published a redesign of our work on Democracy
We published a major redesign of our work on Democracy. Explore all our data and research in one place.We published a redesign of our work on Food Prices
On this page, you can find data, visualizations, and writing on global and country-level food prices and expenditures, the affordability of food, and how this has changed over time.Engel’s Law: Richer people spend more money on food, but it makes up a smaller share of their income
How does spending on food change as incomes rise?We redesigned our work on Military Personnel and Spending
Explore global data and visualizations on military personnel and spending on this page.We just published a redesign of our work on Tourism
Tourism has massively increased in recent decades. Explore data and visualizations on the history and current state of tourism across the world on this page.How many people die and how many are born each year?
Changes in the world population are determined by two metrics: the number of babies born, and number of people dying.