To reduce child mortality, we need to understand what children are dying from. People often ask me for my favorite statistic. My answer changes, depending on what I’m obsessed with at any given moment. But my least favorite has been the same for years: five million children die every year…
Source: Our World in Data is a project of Global Change Data Lab
Our World In Data
- Where do migrants live, and where were they born?
- Five million children die every year — what do they die from?
- Population tool: How will populations across the world change in the 21st century?
- South Korea’s population is set to shrink: what would it take to stop the decline?
- Childhood stunting fell dramatically over the 20th century
Climate Change
- The world is warming despite natural fluctuations from the El Niño cycle
- Hannah Ritchie’s new book, “Clearing the Air”, is out now in the US and Canada
- Explore updated data on greenhouse gas emissions and their climate impacts
