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The end of progress against extreme poverty?

2025-11-17 08:00:00

In the last three decades, the world has made progress against extreme poverty faster than ever before. But unless the poorest economies start growing, this period of progress against the worst form of poverty is over.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/end-progress-extreme-poverty"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/baec824b-408e-4d76-5e06-3817b5b0b600/w=1024"/></a>

Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?

2025-11-10 08:00:00

Anxiety affects at least hundreds of millions of people every year. What treatments are available, and how have they changed over time?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9a86b91f-d6ca-44b9-389d-cced0aa44200/w=1024"/></a>

Introducing our new, more powerful search

2025-11-06 08:00:00

Finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/introducing-new-search"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/31f2adef-3472-48f6-1dfc-e04a61045f00/w=1024"/></a>

While vaping is not risk-free, it is less harmful than tobacco

2025-11-03 08:00:00

Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about vaping and its effects.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaping-vs-smoking-health-risks"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/54a3ed6a-16c9-4cf8-c5af-ef7bb9a89b00/w=1024"/></a>

Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it

2025-10-20 08:00:00

Adding up the weight of very different materials doesn’t tell us about their scarcity, environmental, or socioeconomic impacts.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/920609d4-e819-4a82-d01a-821ca39f4a00/w=1024"/></a>

Does the news reflect what we die from?

2025-10-06 08:00:00

What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9cf97009-994a-46f5-707b-980a8c6e4700/w=1024"/></a>