Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems. Based out of Oxford University (@ox.ac.uk), founded by @maxroser.bsky.social.
- If you want to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet, less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat.
- China is moving much faster on electric cars than the EU or the United States
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View full threadIn 2020, electric cars were rare everywhere. But by 2023, over one-third of new vehicles in China were electric, compared to less than a quarter in the EU and under a tenth in the US.
- While we only have annual data up to 2023, preliminary figures suggest that in 2024, electric cars outsold conventional ones for the first time in China. (This Data Insight was written by @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.)
- Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying? While answering this question might seem straightforward, it can be difficult to compare countries because they don’t always measure infant mortality in the same way.
