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06
Sep

The world has recently become less democratic

See for example: Lührmann, Anna, and Staffan Lindberg. 2019. A third wave of autocratization is here:…

17
Aug

Data Explorer: Environmental Impacts of Food

Licenses: All visualizations, data, and articles produced by Our World in Data are open access under…

11
Aug

Data Explorer: Air Pollution – Our World in Data

Licenses: All visualizations, data, and articles produced by Our World in Data are open access under…

20
Jul

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.

Progress over time shows that it was possible to change the world in the past, but…

19
Jul

Countries around the world have become much more democratic, but there are large differences between them

While the world has become much more democratic over the last 200 years, there are still…

11
Jul

Population & Demography Data Explorer

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11
Jul

Five key findings from the 2022 UN Population Prospects

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on global population and migration trends.  We…

08
Jul

Democracy Data Explorer – Our World in Data

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08
Jul

Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated – how was this progress achieved?

Imtiaz, R., Hopkins, D. R., & Ruiz-Tiben, E. (1990). Permanent disability from dracunculiasis. The Lancet, 336(8715),…

16
Jun

How does the land use of different electricity sources compare?

One part of the total land use is the space that a power plant takes up:…