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Our World in Data is a data journalism platform providing empirical research on global issues. It includes a dedicated section on Artificial Intelligence with charts and data relevant to AI capabilities, adoption, and societal impact, which can inform AI safety and governance discussions.
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Our World in Data is a non-profit research and data platform covering the world's largest problems through open-access charts, datasets, and articles. It includes a dedicated Artificial Intelligence topic area tracking AI development trends. The platform provides empirical grounding for policy and research discussions, including those relevant to AI governance and safety.
Key Points
- •Hosts 13,891 charts across 126 topic pages including a dedicated Artificial Intelligence section.
- •Tracks AI-related public attitudes, e.g., US concerns about AI job displacement via YouGov survey data.
- •Monitors infrastructure trends such as US data center construction spending relevant to AI compute.
- •Tracks autonomous vehicle deployment data (e.g., driverless taxi mileage in California).
- •All data and content is open-access and open-source, supporting transparent research.
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Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
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13,891 charts across 126 topics All free: open access and open source
New Country profiles How is your country's population changing?
Explore our new country profiles on population and demography — covering fertility, life expectancy, migration, age structure, and more for every country.
Hannah Ritchie
Article · 5 min read Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality
Batteries have become much cheaper, making energy storage far more affordable.
Hannah Ritchie and Pablo Rosado
From our classics It’s not just about child mortality; life expectancy increased at all ages
It’s often argued that life expectancy across the world has only increased because child mortality has fallen. But this is untrue. The data shows that life expectancy has increased at all ages.
Max Roser
Article · 6 min read The human cost of unsafe abortions
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?
Hannah Ritchie
New Country profiles How is your country's population changing?
Explore our new country profiles on population and demography — covering fertility, life expectancy, migration, age structure, and more for every country.
Hannah Ritchie
From our classics It’s not just about child mortality; life expectancy increased at all ages
It’s often argued that life expectancy across the world has only increased because child mortality has fallen. But this is untrue. The data shows that life expectancy has increased at all ages.
Max Roser
Article · 5 min read Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality
Batteries have become much cheaper, making energy storage far more affordable.
Hannah Ritchie and Pablo Rosado
Article · 6 min read The human cost of unsafe abortions
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?
Hannah Ritchie
Updates and announcements
Data update - Today How much is the US spending on building data centers?
Explore updated data from the US Census Bureau on data center construction.
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Data update - This Week Californians now travel nearly 10 million kilometers each month in driverless taxis
Explore updated data from the California Public Utilities Commission.
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Data update - 6 days ago Are Americans worried about AI taking their jobs?
Track how US attitudes toward artificial intelligence are changing with the latest survey data f
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