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<title>Our World in Data</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline</id>
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            <published>2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Batteries have become much cheaper, making energy storage far more affordable.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b0c1ea71-b663-4741-6574-67ffa449fe00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[The human cost of unsafe abortions]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/the-human-cost-of-unsafe-abortions</id>
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            <published>2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Romania’s history offers a rare natural experiment on what happens when abortion laws change rapidly. What can the rest of the world learn from this?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-human-cost-of-unsafe-abortions"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/f022345d-6fae-4d0e-f408-54a324b62200/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why cheap waste management is key to stopping plastic pollution]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/why-cheap-waste-management-is-key-to-stopping-plastic-pollution</id>
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            <published>2026-03-16T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Veronika Samborska</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Improving waste management in low- and middle-income countries could cut global pollution by 98%.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/why-cheap-waste-management-is-key-to-stopping-plastic-pollution"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/c405c34f-0816-4c07-c075-b259ab55ed00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[What are the world’s deadliest animals, and can we protect ourselves against them?]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/deadliest-animals</id>
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            <published>2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Deaths from other animals are mostly caused by just two types: mosquitoes and snakes.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/deadliest-animals"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ff4b0c82-f048-4f76-f5d8-fba6a57d6000/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tracking historical progress against slavery and forced labor: a long-run data view]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/slavery</id>
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            <published>2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Bastian Herre</name></author><author><name>Esteban Ortiz-Ospina</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Almost all countries have ended large-scale forced labor, often surprisingly recently.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/slavery"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/fd9c3fb5-e863-48e5-d6df-a67fbf9e5000/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Four minutes of air conditioning]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/four-minutes-of-air-conditioning</id>
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            <published>2026-02-16T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/four-minutes-of-air-conditioning"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d666d8d8-6937-495b-5e37-ae8d93cc0a00/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Religion]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/religion</id>
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            <published>2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Lucas Rodés-Guirao</name></author><author><name>Pablo Arriagada</name></author><author><name>Esteban Ortiz-Ospina</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[What share of the world is religious, and how is this changing? Explore global data and research on trends in religiosity.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/religion"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d55e9c17-481a-4aab-81f7-3ee627dce800/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Could biofuels meet demand for global aviation?]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/biofuels-demand-global-aviation</id>
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            <published>2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[To fuel all of the world’s aviation demand, global biofuels would need to more than triple and be exclusively used for air travel.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/biofuels-demand-global-aviation"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/419676cb-a931-41ff-3fde-d93748a5e900/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[How have crime rates in the United States changed over the last 50 years?]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/us-crime-rates</id>
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            <published>2026-01-19T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[Both violent and property crime are far below their 1990s peak, but some crimes see periodic rises.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/us-crime-rates"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/ad8c75ab-b3e2-4325-b53e-cf62e26f2600/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bioenergy and Biofuels]]></title>
            <id>https://ourworldindata.org/bioenergy-biofuels</id>
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            <published>2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z</published>
            <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Rosado</name></author>
            <summary><![CDATA[How much bioenergy does the world produce, and what is it used for?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/bioenergy-biofuels"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/99904e99-0b0b-4342-6177-51f2c29b6900/w=1024"/></a>]]></summary>
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