Our World in Data
Communicating the best research and data to understand big global problems and make progress against them.
Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. Our World in Data focuses on communicating the best research and data that helps us understand and find solutions to the world’s largest problems.
Our World in Data publishes an open-access publication where users can understand the state of the world today, where we are making progress and where we are falling behind. Through interactive data visualizations we can see how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we can understand why. We cover everything from global poverty to natural disasters, education and health, democracy; we have over 13,000 charts across hundreds of topics.
Our World in Data is free, open-source and provided as a public good. It has millions of users every month, and is cited in research and media across the world every day. This allows millions of people to understand the large problems the world is facing, and how we can solve them.
Donors
- Haran Ramachandran
Accurate data, statistics and public outreach are crucial in making meaningful and effective policies, making the world better by ending poverty and inequality. Thank you to organizations like yours and the people whose work makes this pos...
Christine Mair Our World in Data is, by far, one of the most important data sources that I use in my work. The high quality documentation of sources, beautiful visualizations, clear descriptions, and open source focus is absolutely unique. It makes this a...
Aaron Gertler 1My job requires me to gather data on many global phenomena, and OWID is the single source I use most often. I'm profoundly grateful for its existence, and the team that makes it all happen.
- Jason Crawford4
Simply the best, most accessible and reliable source for some of the most important data about our world
Jonathan Quick OWD is the go-to organizations for the best source of reliable, relevant, readable global data for health, development, and a sustainable world. Jono Quick, Duke Global Health Institute
Michael Johnson Good data is a prerequisite for clear thinking and constructive change.
