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Our World in Data is a free, nonprofit website with a mission to increase understanding of the world’s largest problems and drive informed action to solve them.
- The latest OWID Brief newsletter is out on Substack! It delivers all our recent work plus curated highlights from across Our World in Data, right to your inbox twice a month. This edition: Peak population, child labor, drivers of deforestation, air conditioning, and more. In
- Four developed countries met the UN’s target for foreign aid in 2025. In the 1970s, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution asking developed countries to contribute at least 0.7% of their national income to foreign aid. Most countries signed off on this goal, except for
- What is the best way to reduce our diet’s carbon footprint? Many argue that comparisons based on global averages overlook the large variation in the footprints of foods across the world. If we source our beef or lamb from low-impact producers, could they have a lower footprint
- Guyana’s oil-driven economy has seen the world’s fastest growth in GDP per capita in recent years. Guyana, a small country in South America, has seen the fastest growth in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the world over the past decade. This is illustrated in the
