Our World in Data
Data to understand the big global problems and research that helps to make progress against them. Based out of @UniOfOxford & founded by @MaxCRoser
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Daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19 per million people
The line is blue when the rate of positive tests in a country is low – this means a country performs many tests relative to the size of the outbreak.
Red indicates a high positive rate of tests. This suggests that the true number of infections may...
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people
The number of confirmed cases is lower than the number of total cases. The main reason for this is limited testing.
Emerging COVID-19 success story: Vietnam’s commitment to containment
Vietnam is one country which has responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic. How did they do so? In-country experts provide key insights.
Emerging COVID-19 success story: Germany’s strong enabling environment
Germany is one country which has responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic. How did they do so? In-country experts provide key insights.
Emerging COVID-19 success story: South Korea learned the lessons of MERS
South Korea is one country which has responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic. How did they do so? In-country experts provide key insights.
How experts use data to identify emerging COVID-19 success stories
How can we identify which countries have responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic? We look at the key metrics that help us identify success stories.
A pandemic primer on excess mortality statistics and their comparability across countries
Excess mortality has become a key metric to understand the true impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. But how is excess mortality measured; and what can we learn from cross-country comparisons? Janine Aron and John Muellbauer provide an overview on...
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Excess mortality provides important insights into the true toll of the pandemic.
How is excess mortality measured? How can we compare countries?
@INETOxford researchers Janine Aron & John Mullbauer address these questions in detail in a new article
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Daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19
The line is blue when the rate of positive tests in a country is low – this means a country performs many tests relative to the size of the outbreak.
Red indicates a high positive rate of tests. This suggests that the true number of infections may...
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What stands out after almost half a year into the pandemic is how very large the differences between countries have become.
Some countries monitor the outbreak well (blue line color) and have bent the curve, but not all.
Source with many more countries: ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-… pic.twitter.com/Rx7AdnOcgt
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Crop Yields
Crop yields are on the rise – but are they keeping pace with population growth? How can we feed a growing population without increasing agricultural land? See global and country-level data on changes in crop yields.
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The world population has increased by 145% since 1961.
But because yields of cereals increased even more (+200%), it became possible to produce more cereal per capita while not needing much more land (+12%).
From our entry on crop yields ourworldindata.org/crop-yields pic.twitter.com/N4vPNsaQb1
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Daily COVID-19 tests per thousand people
The figures are given as a rolling 7-day average.
Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people
The number of confirmed cases is lower than the number of total cases. The main reason for this is limited testing.
Israel: Coronavirus Pandemic
Israel: What has been the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)?
Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths
Shown are 7 day rolling averages. The confirmed counts shown here are lower than the total counts. The main reason for this is limited testing and challenges in the attribution of the cause of death.
United States: Coronavirus Pandemic
United States: What has been the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)?
Malaysia: Coronavirus Pandemic
Malaysia: What has been the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)?
We teamed up with Kurzgesagt to make a video about climate change: ‘Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?’
We teamed up with the YouTube channel Kurzgesagt to produce a video on climate change: ‘Who is responsible for climate change? – Who needs to fix it?’.
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We teamed up with our favourite Youtube channel and friends, @Kurz_Gesagt, on this latest video on climate change:
'Who is responsible for climate change? – Who needs to fix it?'.
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Mexico: Coronavirus Pandemic
Mexico: What has been the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)?
COVID-19: Daily tests vs. Daily new confirmed cases per million
The figures are given as a rolling 7-day average.
COVID-19 per million: Daily new confirmed cases vs cumulative cases
The line is blue when a country performs many tests relative to the size of the outbreak.
Red indicates a low number of tests per case. This suggests that the true number of infections may be far higher than the number of confirmed cases.
Loneliness and Social Connections
Family and friends are important for our well-being. In this article we explore data on loneliness and social connections, and review available evidence on the link between social connections and well-being.