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Life & fun · November 1, 2015

Data visualizations of the world – Ourworldindata.org

Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

Data visualizations of the world – Ourworldindata.org launched on November 1, 2015 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

What it does

Organic farming often wins when we compare impacts on one unit of land, but there is no clear winner when we look at impacts per unit of food production. How often do people in high-burden areas get malaria? Studies suggest that many children can experience five or more malaria infections a year. Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans. But we can turn things around by reducing the amount of land we use for agriculture. We’re hiring a writer who can make the world’s largest problems understandable to our large Our World in Data audience. Organic farming often wins when we compare impacts on one unit of land, but there is no clear winner when we look at impacts per…from ourworldindata.org

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