📈 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.
🤒 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.
🎗️ Nearly everyone survives prostate cancer
Nearly 98 percent of patients with prostate cancer are alive at least five years after diagnosis in 2021.
🌀 Super typhoon strikes China, worst storm of the year – you won’t believe what happened next
Super Typhoon Ragasa caused no fatalities when it reached mainland China last month.
💵 HIV medicine price drops from $28,000 to $40
The lower cost applies to 120 low- and middle-income countries and takes effect in 2027.
🗳️ Ghana's democracy shows stability over 30 years
Ghana has held uninterrupted and peaceful elections since the return to democracy in 1992, with four power transitions between political parties.