How are governments responding to the Coronavirus pandemic?How are countries responding to the pandemic? When and what measures have countries put in place?By Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser — May 07, 2020
What can data on testing tell us about the pandemic?Data on the extent of testing for COVID-19 provides important information about the reliability of the data we use to understand the spread of the virus’. Here we discuss two measures of the extent testing and what they can tell us about the pandemic.By Joe Hasell — April 13, 2020
How to embed interactive COVID-19 charts in your articlesOur goal is to bring together the best data and build the visualization tools that allows you to understand the spread of the pandemic. Our free, open-access charts cover all countries in the world. Here we show how to customize and embed charts in your own articles.By Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser — April 09, 2020
We teamed up with Kurzgesagt to make a video about the COVID-19 pandemicWe worked with the Youtube channel, Kurzgesagt, to make a video on the COVID-19 pandemic and what to do about it. By Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie — March 23, 2020
COVID-19 deaths and cases: how do sources compare?There are three main data sources on the latest Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). How do estimates of confirmed cases and deaths compare?By Hannah Ritchie, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Max Roser and Joe Hasell — March 19, 2020
Food waste is responsible for 6% of global greenhouse gas emissionsFood losses and waste – in supply chains and by consumers – account for around one-quarter of greenhouse gas emissions from food. That’s 6% of total global emissions. By Hannah Ritchie — March 18, 2020
The carbon footprint of foods: are differences explained by the impacts of methane?How we treat the climate impacts of methane has a significant difference on the carbon footprint of foods. But even if we exclude methane, meat and dairy products have the highest footprint.By Hannah Ritchie — March 10, 2020
The Spanish flu: The global impact of the largest influenza pandemic in historyBy Max Roser — March 04, 2020
What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?Fossil fuels are the dirtiest and most dangerous energy sources, while nuclear and modern renewable energy sources are vastly safer and cleaner. The differences are huge.By Hannah Ritchie — February 10, 2020
Redesigning Our World in Data: from posts and articles to posts in articlesBy Matthieu Bergel — February 07, 2020
Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprintDespite large differences in farming practices across the world, plant-based protein sources still have a lower footprint than the lowest-impact meat products.By Hannah Ritchie — February 04, 2020
Is the world making progress against cancer?Adjusted for both population growth and aging, mortality from cancer is falling globally.By Max Roser — February 03, 2020
Very little of global food is transported by air; this greatly reduces the climate benefits of eating localTransporting food by plane can come with a large carbon footprint. But very little of our food travels this way – just 0.16% of food miles are from air travel.By Hannah Ritchie — January 28, 2020
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local‘Eat local’ is a common recommendation to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet. But transport tends to account for a small share of greenhouse gas emissions. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it’s come from? By Hannah Ritchie — January 24, 2020
Is there a loneliness epidemic?The media claims we are experiencing a ‘loneliness epidemic’. What is the evidence for this?By Esteban Ortiz-Ospina — December 11, 2019
Are people more likely to be lonely in so-called ‘individualistic’ societies?In countries such as Denmark and Switzerland, it is very common for people to live alone; but contrary to what many believe, this does not translate into higher loneliness. Loneliness and aloneness are not the same.By Esteban Ortiz-Ospina — December 11, 2019
The rise of living alone: how one-person households are becoming increasingly common around the worldOne-person households are becoming increasingly common across the world. In this post we explore the data behind this trend.By Esteban Ortiz-Ospina — December 10, 2019
Antiretroviral therapy has saved millions of lives from AIDS and could save more38 million people had HIV/AIDS in 2020. A couple of decades ago, the chances of surviving more than ten years with HIV were slim. Today, thanks to antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV/AIDS can expect to live long lives. How many lives has ART saved?By Bernadeta Dadonaite — December 01, 2019
We’ve just updated our Sustainable Development Goals TrackerWe’ve just updated all available data on the 232 indicators of our UN Sustainable Development Goals Tracker (SDG-Tracker).By Hannah Ritchie — November 25, 2019
The importance of personal relations for economic outcomesSocial connections matter for economic outcomes. Personal relations, even those that we maintain for non-economic reasons, often give us access to information and provide us with social collateral for economic transactions.By Esteban Ortiz-Ospina — November 15, 2019