Explore how other OECD countries spend their budgets: ourworldindata.org/grapher/gove...

✍️We published a new topic page on medicine and biotechnology— For much of human history, people relied on trial and error to find cures for diseases and health conditions using natural plants and remedies, with little idea of which ingredients worked or why.

In most countries, imports from China account for less than 10% of GDP, even where China is the top partner— China is the top source of imports for many countries.

🎯 Our Sustainable Development Goals tracker is now up to date!

Ethiopia imports much more from China than it used to, as do many other African countries— China’s central role in merchandise trade is the result of a large change that has taken place in just a few decades. This change has been especially large in Africa and South America.

📍This is a very nice round up: 10 key insights on development economics in 2025, by Oliver at @voxdev.bsky.social

China is the top import partner for most countries in the world— Over the past two decades, China’s role in global trade has expanded substantially. It has become a central hub, particularly through growing relationships with many lower and middle-income countries.

Just out: ✨ 2025 OWID top of the charts ✨ What is the most viewed, read, shared, downloaded content on @ourworldindata.org ? (link below) Is there any data, topic, or chart you'd like to see featured on OWID next year? Let us know!

📊 Data update: We now show the latest GDP growth projections from the IMF In the spring and fall each year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) publishes its World Economic Outlook. The latest report was published this past October.

📊 Data update: The Penn World Table is an extensive database that helps us understand long-run, global trends in economic growth, working hours, productivity, and living standards. We’ve updated 17 of our charts using the latest release.

In the last decades, the world has made fantastic progress against extreme poverty. In 1990, 2.3 billion people lived in extreme poverty. Since then, the number of extremely poor people has declined by 1.5 *billion* people. 🧵

NBER grants to fund research into economic measurement - I find this agenda very compelling and important #linkoftheday www.nber.org/news/nber-la...

Great to see the new search tool on Our World in Data! It is now *much* easier to find what you want among the thousands of charts and hundreds of datasets we host Really amazed by the colleagues who made this happen ✨

Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball! This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

Interested in bite-sized, data-driven insights on the world and how it’s changing? Check out our growing catalog of over 350 Data Insights (DIs) — which we’ve just made easier to explore and discover what matters to you!

How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media? Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is. To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.

In a new article, @hannahritchie.bsky.social explains the Wolbachia method and how it promises to finally give humanity an effective tool against several neglected tropical diseases: ourworldindata.org/wolbachia-ne...

A fun chart game that primarily sources its data from Our World in Data!

Launch day 🚀 We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game! Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues! Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈

📚 The new school year is starting in many places. If you’re a teacher, student, or parent, here are a few ways Our World in Data might be useful to you right now 🧵 Our work is used in classrooms around the world — from top universities to local schools.

The international poverty line has changed, it’s now $3 a day. Our new article explains what changed in the World Bank's latest update and what the new data tells us about global poverty ⤵️ ourworldindata.org/new-internat...

When discussing data on income inequality, it's important to be clear about what’s being shown. Two measures are often used: income *before* people have paid taxes and received benefits from the government, and income *after* government redistribution via taxes and benefits. 🧵

Check out these really exciting new features! 🌎

Greece is turning its back on coal and replacing it with solar and wind. Today's data insight: ourworldindata.org/data-insight... Data from @ember-energy.org.

Lots of discussion today about regional investment. You can use our @theifs.bsky.social public spending tool to explore how much the government currently spends in each region of the UK, what it spends it on, and how that has changed over time: ifs.org.uk/calculators/...

How can we compare people’s incomes across countries?

International dollars show up a lot in global statistics. But they’re not an actual currency. They are a way to adjust for differences in the cost of living, helping us compare incomes and how far money goes in different countries. Read our new explainer ⤵️ ourworldindata.org/internationa...

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND. Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run. THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report: [1/11]

Measles once killed millions every year. Vaccines changed this, preventing disease, long-term immune damage and deadly outbreaks. In this article @scientificdiscovery.dev & @spoonerf.bsky.social explain how vaccines were developed and their impact on saving lives. ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...

For the first time ever, China's CO₂ emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, rather than reduced power demand.

Almost half (48%) of new cars sold in China in 2024 were electric. From the IEA's latest Global EV Outlook. You can explore more data here: ourworldindata.org/electric-car...

What do governments spend money on?

The length of software tasks AI systems can do on their own has been increasing quickly

Check out the updated econ data from the IMF on @ourworldindata.org ⬇️

How many people died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918–1920?

Did you know that many journalists around the world rely on our work for their stories? Giving journalists and others what they need to do good work is a key part of our impact. In a new article, we share how a data journalist at The Economist, @sondreus.bsky.social, uses Our World in Data:

We've updated our data on government spending 📊 You can explore how much countries spend relative to the size of their economies, how this has changed over time, and how spending is split across governments' priorities like health, education, and more: ➡️ ourworldindata.org/government-s...

How many people died in large famines over the past 150 years? 📊 We've updated the data in many of our charts on famine, including a big update from the World Peace Foundation (@worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social). This update was led on our team by @bastianherre.bsky.social and Veronika Samborska.

What does global poverty look like if we rely on the notions of poverty in rich countries like Denmark, the US, or Germany? And how should this perspective inform our aspirations for the future of global poverty?

Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico account for 59% of people living in poverty in Latin America

One of my favourite OWID charts has been updated! 🌸 Japan’s cherry trees have been blossoming earlier due to warmer temperatures by @spoonerf.bsky.social

Educators at many levels, from middle school to postgraduate, find our work helpful for their teaching. Check out our recently updated "Teaching with OWID" page for materials, FAQs, tips, and more: ourworldindata.org/teaching And if you have any feedback or suggestions, we love to hear it!

This August, Works in Progress magazine is hosting another 'Invisible College', a week-long seminar for 18-22 year olds in Cambridge. Our lecturers will cover the industrial revolution, science reform, housing, urbanism, and more. Share with students & apply here!

Im 2023, 22% of foreign aid was spent domestically across rich donor countries. In the UK, it was 34%. Most of this went to hosting refugees and administrative costs. You can see the data & read more in the great article by my colleagues @simonvanteutem.bsky.social and @hannahritchie.bsky.social

Latest World Happiness Report finds we underestimate the benevolence of others. Eg the proportion of lost wallets returned to their owners is far higher than people expect worldhappiness.report/ed/2025/exec...

Women tend to live longer than men, but how much longer varies widely around the world 🧵

My latest article on Our World in Data, looking at foreign aid and the difference we can make with personal donations: ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...

Today, we have a new page on fertility data on Our World in Data! It has lots of new charts on a wide range of measures such as parental ages at birth, teenage birth rates, twin birth rates, the use of reproductive technologies, and more. Explore it all here: ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate

In a new article, I explore the baby boom in 7 charts, including some trends you (probably) didn't know: 1. Birth rates began to rise in the 1930s, before World War II