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% of U.S. population without health insurance (2015)
A sense of units and scale for electrical energy production and consumption
Agricultural area per capita (1961-2013)
Agricultural water withdrawals
Annual change in global population by region (1950-2099)
Annual CO2 emissions (2017)
Aquaculture production by region (1960-2016)
Arable land needed per unit of crop production (1961-2014)
Carbon intensity in China’s recent history – Politics matters a lot in achieving both prosperity and sustainability
Case fatality rate vs. country median age
Case fatality rate vs. total confirmed deaths
Cereal production vs. land use (1961-2018)
Change in literacy rate (1800-2016)
Childhood mortality vs. vaccination rates (2015)
Children born per woman (1950 - 2099)
Children born per woman vs. population growth (2015)
Coal consumption by region (1965-2018)
Countries doing COVID-19 contact tracing
COVID-19 testing policies
Cropland extent over the long-run (1600-2016)
Crude oil prices (1861-2018)
Cumulative global plastics production
Daily confirmed cases global and U.S.
Daily confirmed cases per million, 3-day rolling average
Daily confirmed cases, rolling 3-day average
Daily confirmed deaths globally and U.S.
Daily confirmed deaths per million over time (no U.S.)
Daily confirmed deaths per million people
Daily confirmed deaths per million, rolling 7-day average
Daily COVID-19 tests per thousand people
Daily global confirmed cases vs. deaths
Daily tests per thousand people over time, 3-day rolling average
Daily tests per thousand people, rolling 3-day average
Daily U.S. confirmed cases vs. deaths
Daily U.S. tests per thousand people over time, rolling 3-day average
Death rate from cardiovascular disease by age group (1990-2017)
Death rate from cardiovascular disease per 100,000 individuals
Death rate from obesity (2017)
Death rate from outdoor air pollution (2017)
Death rates from air pollution (1990-2015)
Deaths from outdoor air pollution by age (1990-2017)
Deaths from outdoor air pollution by region
Deaths that could be prevented by vaccines (2017)
Decline in childhood mortality (1800-2017)
Decomposition rates of marine debris items
Doubling time total confirmed cases, 3-day rolling average
Doubling time total confirmed deaths, 3-day rolling average
Economic Impacts of 1.5°C
Economic Impacts of 2°C
Economic Impacts of 2°C vs 1.5°C
Economic inequality in the U.S. 1979 - 2013
Eutrophying emissions per 1000 kcal
Extrapolated change in plastic fate to 2050
FAQs on Plastics
Fastest doubling times total confirmed deaths
Food production is responsible for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions
Food production is responsible for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions
Food waste by supply chain stage
Food waste is responsible for 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions
Forest area (1990-2015)
Forest area net change rate (2015)
Fossil fuel subsidies (2015)
Fossil fuel subsidies per capita (2015)
Future greenhouse gas emission scenarios
Gasoline prices per liter (2016)
GHG emissions per 1000 kcal
Global birth vs. death rates (2016)
Global cancer death rates by age group (2017)
Global cancer deaths by type (1990-2016)
Global carbon budget for a 2-degree world (IPCC, 2013)
Global causes of death for 15-49 year olds (2017)
Global causes of death for 50-69 year olds (2017)
Global causes of death in children under 5 (2017)
Global death rate by cause (1990-2017)
Global death rates by type of cancer (1990-2017)
Global death rates from air pollution (1990-2017)
Global death rates from ambient air pollution (2017)
Global death rates from road accidents (2017)
Global deaths by cause (1990-2017)
Global deaths by risk factor (2017)
Global deaths from air pollution (2017)
Global deaths from household and outdoor air pollution (1990-2016)
Global deaths from outdoor air pollution (2017)
Global deaths from particulate air pollution (1990-2015)
Global demographic transition (1541-2015)
Global economic inequality as measured by the Gini Index
Global fishery catch by sector
Global fossil fuel consumption(1800-2017)
Global fuel consumption by type (1965-2018)
Global hydroelectric power consumption (1800-2017)
Global increase in population per year 10,000BC - 2099
Global inequalities in CO₂ emissions
Global inequalities in CO₂ emissions, based on consumption
Global mismanagement of plastic waste by region (2025)
Global plastic waste by disposal (1980-2015)
Global population by age bracket (1950-2100)
Global population growth rate (2015)
Global population living under democracy (1816-2015)
Global primary energy consumption (1800-2018)
Global probability of death from any of top causes (2015)
Global renewable energy consumption (1800-2018)
Global renewables are growing, but are only managing to offset the decline in nuclear production
Global share of deaths by cause (2017)
Global warming potential of greenhouse gases over 100-year timescale (GWP₁₀₀)
Global wild fishery catch by sector
Government response stringency index
Green Climate Fund (GCF) pledges per capita
Green Climate Fund (GCF) signed pledges
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas
Grocery bag reuse to equal environmental impact of single-use plastic
Grocery bag reuse to equal GHG of single-use plastic bag
HadCRUT Surface Temperature Anomaly
Health insurance coverage in the U.S. (1987-2014)
Healthcare expenditure per capita (2014)
Healthcare expenditure vs. GDP (2014)
History and future of world population by total fertility (1800-2100)
How do CO2 emissions compare when we adjust for trade?
How has inequality shifted between 1990 and 2015?
How long before we run out of fossil fuels?
How much will it cost to mitigate climate change?
Hubbert's peak prediction vs. U.S. oil production
Income share held by richest 10% (2015)
Installed solar energy capacity (2018)
Installed wind energy capacity (2018)
Land area per crop type (1961-2018)
Land use over the long-term (100-2016)
Land use per 100 grams of protein
Land use per 1000 kcal
Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint
Life expectancy vs. healthcare expenditures (1970-2015)
Macroplastics in the surface ocean (1950-2050)
Male supply of calories vs. weight (2013)
Marine energy production (2000-2015)
Methane emissions by sector
Microplastics in the surface ocean (1950-2050)
Natural gas proved reserves (1018)
Nitrous oxide emissions by sector
Number of tests per confirmed case vs cases per million people (U.S.)
Offshore wind cost per kwh (1983-2017)
Onshore wind production vs. cost (1983-2017)
Per capita mismanaged plastic waste
Per capita plastic waste generation
Private health expenditure per person (2015)
Proven coal reserves (2018)
Proven oil reserves (2018)
Regional share of river plastic input to ocean (2015)
Relative media coverage of causes of death (1999-2016)
Relative share of Google searches for causes of death (2004-2016)
Renewable energy generation (1965-2018)
Renewable energy investment as share of GDP (2015)
Scarcity-weighted water use of foods per 1000 kcal
Seafood and fish production (1961-2013)
Share of deaths attributed to obesity (2017)
Share of deaths from air pollution (2017)
Share of final energy consumption from renewable sources (2015)
Share of global fish stocks not overexploited (1974-2015)
Share of global miles by transport method
Share of land area used for agriculture (2014)
Share of mismanaged global plastic waste (2025)
Share of obese adults (2017)
Share of overweight children (2016)
Share of overweight or obese adults (2016)
Share of plastic waste that is inadequately managed (2010)
Share of population considering vaccines safe (2018)
Share of population disagreeing with effectiveness of vaccines (2018)
Share of population disagreeing with importance of childhood vaccinations (2018)
Share of population disagreeing with safety of vaccines (2015)
Share of population exposed to air pollution above WHO guidelines (2016)
Share of total income going to top 1% (1886-2015)
Share of vaccinated 1-year olds (2015)
Shrink emissions, not the economy!
Size of global young, working-age and elderly populations (1950-2100)
Snapshot of change over the last two centuries
Solar PV system costs (2000-2015)
Total confirmed deaths and cases
Total confirmed deaths and speed of increase
Total confirmed deaths per million and speed of increase
Total confirmed deaths vs. cases
Total confirmed deaths vs. population
Total global and U.S. Deaths
Trends in global population by level of education (1970-2100)
U.K. coal industry employment (1873-2017)
U.S. death rate by cause (1990-2017)
U.S. death rates by cause (1900-1998)
U.S. deaths by risk factor (2017)
U.S. deaths by risk factor aged 15-49 (2017)
U.S. deaths by risk factor aged 5-14 (2017)
U.S. deaths by risk factor aged 50-69 (2017)
U.S. emissions of air pollutants (1970-2016)
U.S. healthcare expenditures (1929-2013)
U.S. numbers of dead by category (1900-1998)
U.S. Relative causes of deaths (1999-2016)
U.S. share of deaths by cause (2017)
U.S. vehicular and pedestrian deaths 1990-2017)
Water requirement per tonne of food product
What are the safest sources of energy?
Where in the world do people emit the most CO2?
Who emits more than their share of CO₂ emissions?
Who emits the most CO2 today?
Who has contributed most to global CO2 emissions?
Why is carbon pricing in some countries more successful than in others?
Wild fish catch vs. aquaculture (1960-2015)
Workplace closures
World population growth since 10,000 BCE
World population living in extreme poverty (1820-2015)
Years of fossil fuel reserves left (2016)
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local