To track progress towards ending extreme poverty by 2030, the United Nations relies on the World Bank to estimate the share of people living below a certain threshold, called the International Poverty Line (IPL).

✍️ New article: “$3 a day: A new poverty line has shifted the World Bank’s data on extreme poverty. What changed, and why?” 🧵

OWID maps recently got a revamp. A key improvement: it’s now much easier to zoom and explore on mobile. Select a country or region, then pinch and pan to dive in 🪄 Fantastic work by @sophiamersmann.bsky.social and the team! In this video @parriagadap.bsky.social gives a quick demo

I look at democracy data for a living, and the US indeed seems to be in a constitutional crisis right now - but this move by Polity makes me take it less seriously, not more. Here’s why:

In many countries, more than half of the population faces poverty in multiple dimensions.🧵 ourworldindata.org/data-insights Data insight w/ @parriagadap.bsky.social

Miremos los datos de los "mejores puntajes" con una perspectiva diferente al tradicional "ranking" Si ordenamos de menor a mayor a todos los estudiantes recién egresados que rindieron la prueba de Lenguaje + Matemática según su puntaje y los agrupamos en 10 grupos, tenemos 10 deciles. 1/

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems. We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵

At @ourworldindata.org, we’ve just launched new data download options and a Chart Data API to make it even easier to access and reuse the data on our site! Here’s a quick overview of what’s new: 🧵