Our World in Data

If you need data on COVID – for your research, as a journalist, or for any other purpose – we make all our work publicly available always. We bring data together from around the world. We do it every day. And we will keep on doing this. Here it is: https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/tree/master/public/data …pic.twitter.com/Jqp5w9ksMg

Great news from Glasgow on the pledge to end deforestation by 2030. If we pull this off, we would be the first generation in thousands of years that is not reducing the global forest area. @_HannahRitchie explains: http://ourworldindata.org/world-lost-one-third-forests …pic.twitter.com/DsT18gKdoD

Where does our plastic accumulate in the ocean, and what does that mean for the future? In this article, we discuss how much plastic might remain in the oceans in the coming decades, and how we can make progress against this large global problem: https://ourworldindata.org/where-does-plastic-accumulate …pic.twitter.com/ppViuZJDLN

If you need to look up some data on greenhouse gas emissions for your coverage of #COP26 – here is our Data Explorer: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/co2?facet=none&country=CHN~USA~IND~GBR~OWID_WRL&Gas=CO%E2%82%82&Accounting=Production-based&Fuel=Total&Count=Per+capita …pic.twitter.com/nPCV8cofj2

The latest data on trade-adjusted CO2 emissions in several high-income countries. The very large differences show how much scope there is for the highest emitters to do better. From our CO2 Data Explorer: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/co2  (where you find much more data)pic.twitter.com/8PsxwaRJbK

Share of electricity that comes from fossil fuels: South Africa: 89% Australia: 75% India: 74% Japan: 69% China: 66% World: 61% USA: 60% Germany: 44% UK: 41% Brazil: 14% France: 10% Sweden: 2% Explore any country here: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-electricity-fossil-nuclear-renewables?country=OWID_WRL~CHN~IND~USA~GBR~FRA~AUS~SWE~ZAF~JPN~BRA~DEU …pic.twitter.com/2RsKZIA0fO

Some technologies follow learning curves. They become cheaper as more of that technology gets produced. Batteries are following a learning curve – the cost of lithium-ion batteries has fallen by 97% in the last 3 decades. → @_HannahRitchie's article: https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline …pic.twitter.com/DcOEv7ZOi7

Confirmed cases are rising almost everywhere in Europe. All countries shown in red confirmed more cases in the last two weeks than in the previous two weeks. [from our Data Explorer https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?tab=map&zoomToSelection=true&time=2021-10-29&region=Europe&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&Metric=Confirmed+cases&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=USA~GBR~CAN~DEU~ITA~IND …]pic.twitter.com/UdMASrsydT

6.9 billion COVID vaccine doses have been administered 49% of world population with at least 1 dose Share with at least 1 dose High-income countries: 71% Upper-middle income: 65% Lower-middle income: 37% Low income: 3% Our data on vaccinations: http://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations …pic.twitter.com/JZ4Q1TS4Lx

The German-speaking countries stand out in Western Europe: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria in the three last places. [all our data: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-12-04..latest&region=Europe&facet=none&pickerSort=desc&pickerMetric=gdp_per_capita&Metric=People+vaccinated&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=CHE~AUT~DEU~ESP~FRA~PRT~ITA~BEL~NLD~GBR~IRL~ISL~NOR~SWE~FIN~DNK …]pic.twitter.com/afiY04tjDH

Production of fish and seafood has quadrupled over the past 50 years. How have stocks changed because of this? Which types of fish are we harvesting sustainably? Where are we overfishing? We answer these questions in our project on fish and overfishing: https://ourworldindata.org/fish-and-overfishing …pic.twitter.com/bkxHhESUeK