Our World In Data

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Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: the world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on.

How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use?

Data centers consume around 1.5% of global electricity, but demand is very geographically concentrated. Few — if any — technologies have been adopted as...

We have a new Urbanization topic page

With my colleagues Hannah Ritchie and Veronika Samborska, we have made a substantial update to our topic page on urbanization. The new page brings...

How does food get traded around the world?

Our interactive tool helps you see where food is exported from and where it goes - My local supermarket here in Scotland is full...

How much are people across the world paying for their carbon emissions?

Around 30% of the world’s emissions have some carbon price, but how much extra are people paying? - Recently, I was in a meeting...

Where do migrants live, and where were they born?

An interactive tool that helps us see where migrants were born, and where they live now. In 2024, around 280 million people lived in...
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