We’re hiring a Junior Data Scientist! See full details + apply here: ourworldindata.org/junior-data-sc… Deadline to apply: Sunday 17 March 2024 If you know someone who might be interested, please consider sharing with them — thank you!

¡Estamos muy emocionados de anunciar el lanzamiento de distribuciones.info! 🌐 Un recurso dedicado a compartir los datos y hallazgos de nuestra investigación sobre la distribución del crecimiento económico en Latinoamérica en español.

Today, we're excited to roll out our new homepage! Here’s what’s changed, what hasn’t, and some of the thinking behind the new design... 🧵

How much progress has been made toward women’s political equality? How far do we still have to go? For #InternationalWomensDay, I have written an article @OurWorldinData on women’s political rights and representation: ourworldindata.org/women-politica… A thread with the highlights:

The World Bank published today the new poverty data, covering the period of the pandemic up to 2022. After decades of progress, the world saw the first increase in extreme poverty during COVID.

The GC Wealth Project's @Ignacio_Flores discusses Distribuciones, the new Spanish-language site on inequality in Latin America that he recently launched with Pablo Arriagada P., Mauricio De Rosa and @Marc_Morgan bit.ly/49wmTBM

We’re hiring a writer. 🖊️ This role is central to our mission of presenting research and data to improve the public's understanding and awareness of the world’s largest problems and their possible solutions. It’s permanent, flexible, and can be remote. Interested? Read on 🧵

Was the global decline of extreme poverty only due to China? Today's data insight is by Max Roser and Pablo Arriagada P.. You can find all of our Data Insights on their dedicated feed: ourworldindata.org/data-insights

The United Nations’ first Sustainable Development Goal is to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030. The world is still very far away from this goal. The data from the World Bank shows that in 1990, 55% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and 65% in East Asia and

Millions have died in conflicts since the Cold War; most of them in Africa and intrastate conflicts. Deaths in the Middle East and deaths from violence targeting civilians have also been common. My new article @OurWorldinData: ourworldindata.org/conflict-death… A thread with highlights:

We’re looking for someone with a strong background in economics to join our team as a Research and Data Project Lead. They’ll collaborate closely with our data scientists and help guide the strategic direction of our work in economics, particularly within global poverty,

Uno intenta publicar las exit poll en Venezuela, pero es que las disparidades son absurdas. La que parece más seria (al menos la empresa parece reconocida a nivel internacional) da 65-31% a favor de la oposición. Otra empresa no existe. Otra da los datos en mayúsculas gritando.

How many people are affected by homelessness? How is their number changing over time? How does it look by gender? We just updated and revised our topic page on homelessness @OurWorldinData: A thread on what the page has in store:

Más partidos consecutivos sin ganar fuera de casa en Eliminatorias para la Copa del Mundo: 67 Bolivia (entre 1993 y 2024) 53 Luxemburgo (entre 1937 y 2008) 38 San Marino (desde 1992, racha aún vigente)

Venezuelan migration: a major demographic shift in South America— The chart shows net migration trends for Venezuela, Peru, Chile, and Colombia from 1950 to 2023. This is the net difference between immigrants coming into a country and emigrants leaving. This data published by

Chile produced 9.4% of its primary energy from solar in 2023 — the highest in any country that year. According to the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy, in 2023, Chile produced 9.4% of its primary energy from solar sources, the highest share in any country.

We @OurWorldinData now have a topic page on foreign aid! It allows you to explore data on who gives and receives foreign aid, the different types of assistance, and a few examples of when it has been successful. A thread on what the page has in store:

Hola, ¡hemos lanzado una cuenta de Instagram en español! We’ve launched an Instagram account in Spanish! ¡Por favor ayúdanos a correr la voz! / Please help us spread the word! (link and more details in 🧵)

When people talk about countries as “rich” or “poor”, they can mean many different things. But for researchers and policymakers, it helps to have a way to compare countries by income using clear criteria. One widely used approach is the World Bank’s income classification system,

✍️ New article: “$3 a day: A new poverty line has shifted the World Bank’s data on extreme poverty. What changed, and why?” To track progress towards ending extreme poverty by 2030, the United Nations relies on the World Bank to estimate the share of people living below a