Our World in Data

Notes

Meta-source: visualizes and harmonizes data from IHME, WHO, WB, UN, FAO. Peer-reviewed methodology notes per chart.

Warrants from this source (2)

• CDGlobal life expectancy at birth rose from ~31 years in 1900 to ~73 years by the… support
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  method: triangulation · locator: Life expectancy over the long run

• CDThe global extreme-poverty rate ($2.15/day 2017-PPP) fell from ~44% of world po… support
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  0.80

  method: direct_measurement · locator: Global extreme-poverty page