Top Hackernews posts from ourworldindata.org

1. The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades (ourworldindata.org)
   477 points by infodocket almost 55 years | 318 comments
2. The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better (ourworldindata.org)
   418 points by colonCapitalDee almost 55 years | 336 comments
3. Weather forecasts have become more accurate (ourworldindata.org)
   371 points by sohkamyung almost 55 years | 188 comments
4. Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead poisoning (ourworldindata.org)
   366 points by tosh almost 55 years | 219 comments
5. After millennia of expansion, the world has passed ‘peak agricultural land’ (ourworldindata.org)
   308 points by sebg almost 55 years | 339 comments
6. Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe (ourworldindata.org)
   301 points by gmays almost 55 years | 160 comments
7. Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans (ourworldindata.org)
   296 points by astroalex almost 55 years | 414 comments
8. How old are democracies across the world? (ourworldindata.org)
   227 points by Brajeshwar almost 55 years | 225 comments
9. Where does the plastic in oceans come from? (ourworldindata.org)
   222 points by nomaxx117 almost 55 years | 180 comments
10. Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? (2020) (ourworldindata.org)
    221 points by bpierre almost 55 years | 283 comments
11. Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated (2022) (ourworldindata.org)
    197 points by Brajeshwar almost 55 years | 30 comments
12. Global deforestation peaked in the 1980s (ourworldindata.org)
    171 points by _Microft almost 55 years | 96 comments
13. The world is awful, the world is much better, the world can be much better (ourworldindata.org)
    162 points by sebg almost 55 years | 121 comments
14. Who do we spend time with across our lifetime? (2020) (ourworldindata.org)
    155 points by LordNibbler almost 55 years | 113 comments
15. The history of the end of poverty has just begun (ourworldindata.org)
    149 points by cryoz almost 55 years | 425 comments
16. Reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation (ourworldindata.org)
    149 points by bpierre almost 55 years | 214 comments
17. Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste? (ourworldindata.org)
    142 points by animal_spirits almost 55 years | 153 comments
18. How death rates from Covid-19 differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated (ourworldindata.org)
    128 points by Jugurtha almost 55 years | 308 comments
19. Is soy a key driver of deforestation? (ourworldindata.org)
    110 points by sohkamyung almost 55 years | 141 comments
20. How does the land use of different electricity sources compare? (ourworldindata.org)
    102 points by gmays almost 55 years | 166 comments
21. In every country people think others are less happy than they themselves say (2017) (ourworldindata.org)
    98 points by elsewhen almost 55 years | 94 comments
22. The Future is Vast: Long-term perspective on humanitys past, present and future (ourworldindata.org)
    95 points by gmays almost 55 years | 67 comments
23. How many animals get slaughtered every day? (ourworldindata.org)
    90 points by myshpa almost 55 years | 73 comments
24. How do we know the history of extreme poverty? (2019) (ourworldindata.org)
    83 points by dan-robertson almost 55 years | 61 comments
25. Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas emissions as milk (ourworldindata.org)
    69 points by danielandrews43 almost 55 years | 186 comments
26. Estimated cumulative excess deaths during Covid, World (ourworldindata.org)
    67 points by doener almost 55 years | 145 comments
27. Global economic inequality: what matters most is where you are (ourworldindata.org)
    65 points by raviparikh almost 55 years | 72 comments
28. Why are there different ways of measuring energy? (ourworldindata.org)
    62 points by _Microft almost 55 years | 29 comments
29. Safety of Nuclear Energy (ourworldindata.org)
    55 points by vanilla-almond almost 55 years | 47 comments
30. Per capita CO₂ emissions Over Time (ourworldindata.org)
    54 points by elsewhen almost 55 years | 78 comments
31. Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go? (ourworldindata.org)
    54 points by bpierre almost 55 years | 81 comments
32. Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet (ourworldindata.org)
    53 points by tchalla almost 55 years | 48 comments