Max Roser
@maxroser.bsky.social
— Founder of Our World in Data
— Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
— Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
This is from today's 'Data Insight' written by Pablo Rosado and me, and you can find all our team's insights here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
Data Insights
Bite-sized insights on how the world is changing, published every few days
ourworldindata.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
This is from today's 'Data Insight' written by Pablo Rosado and me, and you can find all our team's insights here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
Thank you very much. Again for the grant, but also for this great thread now! And thank you, Michael — I didn't know this backstory, and really appreciate that you pointed out that you see value in what we do.
December 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Thank you very much. Again for the grant, but also for this great thread now! And thank you, Michael — I didn't know this backstory, and really appreciate that you pointed out that you see value in what we do.
For Our World in Data, I've this article on how we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand — great to see how this looks in practice in a place where this has already been achieved.
ourworldindata.org/global-fores...
ourworldindata.org/global-fores...
Humans destroyed forests for thousands of years — we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand
Why has humanity destroyed such vast forests? And how can we bring this to an end?
ourworldindata.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
For Our World in Data, I've this article on how we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand — great to see how this looks in practice in a place where this has already been achieved.
ourworldindata.org/global-fores...
ourworldindata.org/global-fores...
This is what the peninsula looked like in 1900.
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is what the peninsula looked like in 1900.
This is from the new article by my colleagues @antea04.bsky.social , @hannahritchie.bsky.social, and Edouard Mathieu.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
Does the news reflect what we die from?
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?
ourworldindata.org
October 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is from the new article by my colleagues @antea04.bsky.social , @hannahritchie.bsky.social, and Edouard Mathieu.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
The full text of the Data Insight is here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
Data Insights
Bite-sized insights on how the world is changing, published every few days
ourworldindata.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The full text of the Data Insight is here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
Reposted by Max Roser
No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china