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The end of progress against extreme poverty?

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Max Roser
In the last three decades, the world has made progress against extreme poverty faster than ever before. But unless the poorest economies start growing, this period of progress against the worst form of poverty is over.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/end-progress-extreme-poverty"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/baec824b-408e-4d76-5e06-3817b5b0b600/w=1024"/></a>

Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie Tuna Acisu
Anxiety affects at least hundreds of millions of people every year. What treatments are available, and how have they changed over time?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9a86b91f-d6ca-44b9-389d-cced0aa44200/w=1024"/></a>

Bans on highly toxic pesticides could be an effective way to save lives from suicide

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie
Pesticide poisoning is a common method of suicide in many low- to middle-income countries. Banning highly toxic pesticides and substituting them with less fatal ones can save lives.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/pesticide-bans-suicide-prevention"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d8cbf8af-42ff-4bb4-7704-444383efb400/w=1024"/></a>

Global inequality is huge β€” but so is the opportunity for people in high-income countries to support poor people

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Simon van Teutem Joe Hasell
People in high-income countries could dramatically improve lives worldwide with minimal financial commitment, yet few do.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/global-inequality-opportunity-to-give"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/4a07a4c2-8070-489b-cb46-62dc93a64700/w=1024"/></a>

$3 a day: A new poverty line has shifted the World Bank’s data on extreme poverty. What changed, and why?

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Joe Hasell Bertha Rohenkohl Pablo Arriagada
In June 2025, the World Bank increased its extreme poverty estimates by 125 million people. This doesn’t mean the world has gotten poorer: it reflects a new, higher International Poverty Line of $3 a day, up from $2.15.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/new-international-poverty-line-3-dollars-per-day"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/43f2893b-21b1-42de-1908-2293e2516400/w=1024"/></a>

Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically β€”Β what were the breakthroughs behind this?

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Saloni Dattani
Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/cardiovascular-deaths-decline"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7ca4974e-8cc8-4b46-a09f-a870c56c1600/w=1024"/></a>

The Demographic and Health Surveys brought crucial data for more than 90 countries β€” without them, we risk darkness

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Saloni Dattani
Cuts to US aid could end the Demographic and Health Surveys. This would leave a massive gap in our understanding of global health, mortality, and development.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/demographic-health-surveys-risk" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/fd6c3b38-3997-4f3d-1051-b35ac4e0d000/w=1350"/></a>

How does the World Bank classify countries by income?

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Bertha Rohenkohl Pablo Arriagada
The World Bank classifies countries into four income groups based on average income per person. This article explains how these groups are defined.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/world-bank-income-groups-explained" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d4cdc240-17cd-4e8c-31e3-d1d197547600/w=1350"/></a>

There are now more than half a billion mobile money accounts in the world, mostly in Africa β€” here's why this matters

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Simon van Teutem
Mobile money allows people without banks to securely transfer funds via text message, and its adoption is growing rapidly.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/mobile-money-why-it-matters" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/c18c6704-95a3-4757-6f5a-7036d5b86400/w=1350"/></a>

The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t

βœ‡Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie Fiona Spooner
In the 1980s, many thought tuberculosis was on the path to elimination. In reality, more were dying from the disease than ever.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-end-of-tuberculosis-that-wasnt" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b5aa8c82-2fc4-4e0a-cdf1-82d5aa6f9800/w=1350"/></a>
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