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If we can make maternal deaths as rare as in the healthiest countries, we can save 275,000 mothers each year
https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-deaths-save-mothers
Published: February 3, 2025 04:00
Maternal mortality was much more common in the past. It is much lower today, but global inequalities are still large.
Watch our founder, Max Roser, share the story of Our World in Data
https://ourworldindata.org/watch-max-roser-share-our-world-in-data-story
Published: January 30, 2025 15:03
Check out the new video from Oxford Social Sciences, where Max shares his journey with this project.
How much subsidies do fossil fuels receive?
https://ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels
Published: January 27, 2025 07:58
Estimates range from less than $1 trillion to $7 trillion. Where do these numbers come from?
How much subsidies do fossil fuels receive?
https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuel-subsidies
Published: January 27, 2025 04:00
Estimates range from less than $1 trillion to $7 trillion. Where do these numbers come from?
Introducing our new trustees, Claire Melamed and Michael Blastland
https://ourworldindata.org/new-trustees-claire-melamed-michael-blastland
Published: January 21, 2025 04:00
We are very excited to share that Claire Melamed and Michael Blastland have joined our Board of Trustees.
Scaling up: how increasing inputs has made artificial intelligence more capable
https://ourworldindata.org/scaling-up-ai
Published: January 20, 2025 08:18
The path to recent advanced AI systems has been more about building larger systems than making scientific breakthroughs.
The great global redistributor we never hear about: money sent or brought back by migrants
https://ourworldindata.org/great-global-redistributor-money-sent-brought-back-migrants-remittances
Published: January 13, 2025 08:51
Migrants send or bring back over three times the amount of global foreign aid. Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.
Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades, and what do long-term prices tell us about resource scarcity?
https://ourworldindata.org/simon-ehrlich-bet
Published: January 6, 2025 04:00
In the 1980s, economist Julian Simon won his bet with biologist Paul Ehrlich on mineral prices. But what does the long-term data tell us about supply and demand for resources?