Our World in Data
Global Change Data Lab, with the University of Oxford
Research and interactive charts on the world’s largest problems, such as poverty, disease, energy and climate, with the data behind every chart.
What you will find
- Thousands of interactive charts, each with a table, a map view where it fits, and a data download
- Sources and definitions right under every chart
- Long-form topic pages that explain what the data can and cannot say
What we can learn from it
- 01One chart grammar everywhere: the same controls, source line and download on every chart
- 02The same indicator as a line chart and a map, so time and place each get their own view
- 03Definitions next to the chart, not in a footnote, stop misreadings before they start
Reusing its charts
Charts and data are published under a CC BY licence, so they can be reused with attribution.
Chart types you will meet there
Line chart
Shows how a measure changes across an ordered, continuous axis, usually time.
Choropleth map
Colours each region by a rate or share, showing geographic patterns.
Slope chart
Connects each item’s value at two points in time, so direction and size of change read at a glance.
Stacked area chart
Layers several series on top of each other, showing the total over time and how it is composed.
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