Global Access to Electricity, 2000 - 2023 The global number of people without access to electricity has halved since 2000, but it has increased in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Flying Has Never Been Safer: Global Aviation Fatalities per 1 million passengers
Flying Has Never Been Safer: Global Aviation Fatalities per 1 million passengers
Extreme Poverty Fell Sharply Worldwide – Even Excluding China
Extreme Poverty Fell Sharply Worldwide - Even Excluding China
Annual Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions, Top 10 Most Populous Countries of 2025
Annual Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions, Top 10 Most Populous Countries of 2025
Home Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)
Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)graph by Iryna Suprun; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Purpose This slow reveal is designed to support analysis and discussion of both the data and the design choices. The questions in the slidedeck invite learners to… Continue reading Home Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)
Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes
Smoking increases the risk of death for many causesgraph by Saloni Dattani/Our World in Data; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Dattani, Saloni. "Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes." Our World in Data BlueSky: July 2, 2025.Also… Continue reading Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes
Number of Living Languages, by Country (2024)
Number of Living Languages, by Country (2024)graph from Our World in Data, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Our World in Data, "The number of languages, indigenous and non-indigenous, that are still used." Our World in Data: July 17, 2024.“Data… Continue reading Number of Living Languages, by Country (2024)
The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growth
The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growthgraph by Max Roser/Our World in Data, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Max Roser (2021) - “What is economic growth? And why is it so important?” Published online… Continue reading The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growth
Homelessness Rate by Country, 2023
How many people experience homelessness at any given time? Why is the problem more visible in some countries than in others?
Global Plastic Production (with projections, 1950 to 2060)
How much plastic is produced across the world? If we continue with "business as usual," how much plastic will our earth be saddled with by 2060?
The Size of the World’s Population — With Predictions Through 2060
Our World in Data mapped out the UN's predictions for the size of the world population. The rate of change is pretty astounding -- with some interesting twists when we look closer.
Life Expectancy Compared with GDP
Make a list of the countries where people live the longest. Would the list just read as a list of richest countries? Why or why not? Check out these scatterplots: one that focuses on comparing Latin America with other nations, and one that shows the whole world.
Share of the Population With Access to Clean Drinking Water (by location and income)
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
International Literacy Rates over Time
How has the world literacy rate changed over time? When did we experienced the greatest gains in literacy, globally? What has influenced these times of increased literacy? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Importance of Religion Compared with the Level of GDP per Capita
How does the importance of religion within a country compare with their level of GDP per capita? What do the outliers tell us about correlation vs causation? What DOES cause a country to get richer? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Estimated Nuclear Warhead Stockpiles (1945-2022)
Which countries have had nuclear weapons over the years? What can we do to protest stockpiling of these warheads? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
World Population Living in Extreme Poverty, 1820-2015
How many people are living in extreme poverty across the world? How has that changed over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Corn Lobby: Corn Production and Land Use in the US
The US is so much more efficient at growing corn in 2021 compared with decades gone by! What does that mean for the country? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.