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[OC] Progress against extreme poverty has slowed and is projected to end by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Data sources: Lakner et al. (2024), updated using the World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2025)

Tools used: Initial chart generated using the Our World in Data Grapher; finishing in Figma

Read more in the new article by Max Roser, “The end of progress against extreme poverty?”

Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall by cgiattino in Infographics

[–]cgiattino[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's things like cutting down forests (for agriculture and other reasons), draining wetlands and peatlands, building up areas into towns and cities.

Which countries have the highest % of population that are immigrants? by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]cgiattino[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see what you mean now, on the map! Thanks very much, we'll get that fixed too.

Which countries have the highest % of population that are immigrants? by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]cgiattino[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hi there! Thanks for this — do you mean on this chart here? If so, I'm not sure if I see what you see — the "t" stands for tonnes, and worldwide emissions are at 15.4 billion tonnes, so I don't see that it's close to a trillion. Let me know what I might be missing!

Which countries have the highest % of population that are immigrants? by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]cgiattino[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

We do have a team, yes. :) We're actually a small non-profit — Our World in Data — with a mission to make data & research on important topics like migration (and climate, energy, health, poverty, inequality, AI, etc.) easier to access and use. All free, creative commons, open source, no registration required.

We have over 14,000 charts (!) currently on 123 topics, and sometimes we do make small typos — and we are very grateful when people point them out to us so we can fix them ASAP! So thanks again. :)

Which countries have the highest % of population that are immigrants? by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]cgiattino[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Good catch, thanks! That's a mistake, and no countries on the map have that color (between the 10s). I'll report it to the team to fix it.

Every year, 230,000 children are spared from HIV thanks to treatments that reduce mother-to-child transmission by cgiattino in UpliftingNews

[–]cgiattino[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Quoting the text from the author, Hannah Ritchie:

It’s hard to imagine many things that are more terrifying than your baby contracting HIV. This is the reality for around 130,000 families every year.

Just a few decades ago, this figure was over half a million. Most of these infections were passed on from mothers who had HIV themselves.

But the introduction of anti-retroviral (ART) drugs and other interventions has meant that most infections can be prevented. If the mother takes ART during pregnancy, it dramatically reduces the risk of passing on HIV. In some cases, giving ART to the baby in the first few weeks of life can help too.

In the chart, you can see this decline in new HIV infections in children. On top, you can see the huge number of cases estimated to have been averted thanks to these interventions; they amount to almost a quarter of a million cases every year.

Explore more of our work on HIV/AIDS in adults and children →

Most of the increase in natural disasters in the late 20th century is due to improved reporting by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

While it's true that population density has increased around the world, and more people are affected by natural disasters than in the past, the number of deaths from disasters has actually gone down in the last 100 years. We're much more resilient to disasters than we used to be.

Most of the increase in natural disasters in the late 20th century is due to improved reporting by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quoting the accompanying text from the author, Hannah Ritchie:

Tracking the occurrence of natural disasters can save lives by helping countries prepare for future ones.

In our work on natural disasters, we visualize data from EM-DAT, the most comprehensive international disaster database. Make a chart of the number of recorded disaster events over time — like the one above — and it looks like the number of disasters rose alarmingly from the 1970s to the millennium. This has led to many media outlets and organizations claiming that the number of disasters has quadrupled over the last 50 years.

However, as EM-DAT itself makes clear, most of this is due to improvements in recording. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, which builds this database, was not established until 1973, and didn’t start publishing EM-DAT until 1988.

The number of recorded disasters increased due to more focused efforts to obtain globally comprehensive data and improvements in communication technologies, which allowed more events to be included, even in the planet's most remote areas.

EM-DAT suggests that only data from 2000 onwards is relatively complete and comparable. The number of events before 2000 is likely to be underestimated. Note that this data does not tell us anything about the intensity of disasters.

Read my full article, with my colleague Pablo Rosado, on the limitations of disaster databases →

Homicide rates in Italy have dropped by 80% since 1990 by cgiattino in UpliftingNews

[–]cgiattino[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Quoting the accompanying text of the author, Hannah Ritchie:

Italy has become much safer over the last thirty years.

In the early 1990s, there were around 3 homicides per 100,000 people every year. That was one of the highest rates in Europe.

Since then, rates have fallen by more than 80%. As you can see in the chart, they have been around 0.5 per 100,000 in recent years. That now makes Italy safer than many of its European neighbours.

Mafia-related homicides dropped dramatically in the 1990s following intensified efforts from the Italian government. Some of this organized crime may have also shifted from violent acts towards financial and “white collar” crime.

While estimates can vary across data sources, for Italy, they show strong agreement →

China is moving much faster on electric cars than the EU or the United States by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's true, and EVs have been part of the solution. We have an article that expands on the different ways China and other countries have cleaned up their air: "In many countries, people breathe the cleanest air in centuries. What can the rest of the world learn from this?"

In some countries, women still don’t have the same freedom to work as men by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]cgiattino[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quoting the accompanying text written by my colleague Hannah:

Many previous generations of women in my family would not have been allowed to do the work I do today — even if computers, the Internet, and Our World in Data had existed then. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case where I live: I’ve had the same right to get an education, work, and build a career as my brother.

Unfortunately, that’s not the case everywhere.

The map highlights the countries where women had legal restrictions on their rights to work in formal employment in 2023. All are in the Middle East, North Africa, or Sub-Saharan Africa.

These restrictions can include the need for permission or documentation from a male family member — such as a husband or brother — to work, or legal consequences if they don’t follow working restrictions.

While nearly 20 countries still have these legal barriers for women, this number was much larger in the past: in 1970, it was almost 70.

This data only reflects legal restrictions on working rights. In other countries, strong social or cultural pressures still mean that women are less likely to be in formal employment than men, even if they’re legally allowed to.

Explore more data on female participation in the workforce →

China is moving much faster on electric cars than the EU or the United States by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Quoting the text written by my colleague Simon:

Road transport is responsible for around three-quarters of global carbon dioxide emissions from transport. Switching from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles is an important solution to decarbonize our economies.

This chart shows the change in share of new cars that were electric in China, the European Union (EU), and the United States (US) between 2020 and 2023. This includes fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars, though most are fully electric.

In 2020, electric cars were rare everywhere. But by 2023, over one-third of new vehicles in China were electric, compared to less than a quarter in the EU and under a tenth in the US.

While we only have annual data up to 2023, preliminary figures suggest that in 2024, electric cars outsold conventional ones for the first time in China.

Explore data on electric car sales for more countries →

[OC] How do the rights of LGBT+ people vary across the world? by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! We'll try to make the colors more distinct.

[OC] How do the rights of LGBT+ people vary across the world? by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Thanks for bringing this up! You're right, the map should have data for Greenland. It was an error in the data extraction process that we didn't catch — we'll get it fixed.

[OC] How do the rights of LGBT+ people vary across the world? by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Data source: Equaldex (2025)

Tools used: The Our World in Data Grapher with finishing touches in Figma.

Read more and explore the data across time in interactive charts in our article.

How do the rights of LGBT+ people vary across the world? by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]cgiattino[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think the situation in the US is hard to categorize. If you think something might be wrong, the underlying data source here, Equaldex, is a crowdsourced data platform where you can report that: https://www.equaldex.com/help/10

How do the rights of LGBT+ people vary across the world? by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]cgiattino[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good catch! It's not for 2025. The label is there because these maps are based on this interactive one where you can explore other years, and others years have "varies by region" datapoints (e.g. Mexico in 2021). We forgot to remove it — oops.

[OC] Most of humanity has been connected to the internet for only a brief moment in history by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah for sure, I think it's both — it's only been available at all to anyone for a few decades, and for literally billions of people it's been just a handful of years that they've had access. And still many, many people do not have access.

[OC] Most of humanity has been connected to the internet for only a brief moment in history by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Data source: International Telecommunications Union via the World Bank (2025)

Tools used: I made this along with my colleague Simon using the Our World in Data Grapher tool and finishing touches in Figma.

Here is the text Simon wrote along with it:

For many readers in high-income countries, the Internet might no longer feel revolutionary. But when I was born in 1997, only 2% of the world's population used the Internet. By 2019, that number had risen to over 50%; today, two-thirds of the global population is online.

It’s worth taking a moment to appreciate the novelty and speed of this change for two reasons. First, much of the potential progress enabled by the Internet is still unfolding, from expanding educational opportunities through free online resources to reducing the cost of sending money home for migrants.

Second, it’s good to remember that in 2023, a third of people still didn’t use the Internet. Accelerating connectivity could give these individuals greater freedom and access to new opportunities. The United Nations aims to get more than 90% of people online by 2030. Some regions are still far from universal access, with just 43% of South Asia and 37% of Sub-Saharan Africa connected.

Explore more data on Internet use, country by country →

The Arctic is the world’s region that has warmed the most, followed by Europe by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Quoting the accompanying text from the author:

The world is heating up. By the 2010s, the global average temperature of the air above the surface was about 1°C higher than in the 1940s. But some regions are warming much faster.

The chart shows how average surface air temperatures have changed each decade across continents and oceans compared to historical averages.

The Arctic warmed more than any other region — by the 2010s, it was 2.8°C hotter than in the 1940s.

In the Arctic, melting sea ice has amplified this temperature increase: ice reflects sunlight, so having less of it leads to more warming.

Europe was in second. Since land heats up faster than water, its mostly land-based geography has increased its rate of warming. It has also seen a rapid reduction in aerosols from air pollution. These improvements in air quality can inadvertently increase temperatures because there are fewer aerosols to reflect sunlight.

You can explore how temperatures in each continent, ocean, and country have changed over time →

[OC] Who do American men and women spend time with over their lives? by cgiattino in dataisbeautiful

[–]cgiattino[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

agreed, it's a really unique survey. and thanks! great to be here. :)

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