📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🤒 Fewer people are ill with tropical diseases
122 million fewer people needed treatment for tropical diseases in 2023 compared to the previous year. A reduction of 32 percent since 2010. The number of people affected by these diseases decreased from 1.9 billion in 1990 to just over 1 billion in 2021.
🌲 Forest cover increases in several regions – FAO report shows reduced deforestation globally
Deforestation continues to decline, and net forest loss is less than half of what it was in the 1990s. Net loss of forest has decreased by 61 percent since the 1990s.
🦈 Extinct sharks to make a comeback in the ocean
ReShark is the world's first program to reintroduce sharks into nature, focusing on Indo-Pacific leopard sharks in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. The program uses surplus eggs from aquariums around the world that are transported to locally operated hatcheries in Indonesia.
🐋 Humpback whales more numerous now than before industrial whaling began
The population of humpback whales along Australia's east coast reached over 50,000 individuals in 2024, around 20,000 more than before commercial whaling began in the early 1900s.
🤒 People are becoming less sick
Illness and disability have decreased by 12.6 percent since 2010. Lost years of life due to infectious diseases have decreased by between 58.9 and 79.0 percent.
🚭 Number of tobacco users has dropped by 180 million since 2000
This represents a decrease of 27 percent in relative terms.
💉 Gavi's vaccines saved 1.7 million lives in 2024
Over 1.2 billion unique children have been vaccinated against a range of deadly diseases through routine vaccination since 2000.
🤗 Record high safety worldwide – more people feel secure than ever
73 percent of the world's adults feel safe walking alone at night in 2024, the highest figure since measurements began in 2006.
🧯 The number of deadly fires in the U.S. has decreased by two-thirds
The total number of reported fires has been halved during the same period, and the number of injured has decreased by more than half.