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Hi, I’m Max Roser, the founder and co-director of Our World in Data.

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Who we are

Our World in Data (OWID) is a free, open-access website that makes data and research on the biggest global challenges easier to access and understand, to empower those working to build a better world.

OWID is a collaborative effort between researchers at the University of Oxford and the UK-based charity Global Change Data Lab. Learn more about our mission, funding, team, and more.

Global data and research on 120+ topics

We bring together high-quality data on more than 120 topics, such as poverty, CO2 emissions and climate change, migration, democracy, global health, population growth, armed conflicts, and artificial intelligence.

Our researchers and data scientists help you understand these topics, writing explanations that describe the data, what it shows, and why it matters.

We make it easy to explore this data in nearly 14,000 interactive charts and maps and 30+ data explorers — all free to reuse under our permissive Creative Commons license. You can also embed interactive versions of our charts on any website.

We’ve also made it easy to download and reuse the data in our charts.

Read more about our mission and key ideas

Why do we need to know about progress if we are concerned about the world's largest problems?

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.

The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics

The short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it

What to expect in your inbox

The OWID Brief: Stay up to date with our latest work plus curated highlights from across Our World in Data, twice a month.

Data Insights: Receive our bite-sized insights on the world and how it’s changing, every few days.

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Max