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Facts
90% have access to some kind of toilet
A third of all fish stocks are Overfished
All of humanity, except for 6 million people, live in UN member states.
Almost everyone can read today
Almost everyone, around 85% have access to basic human needs
Almost half of all countries have had a woman leader
Around 90% have basic access to drinking water
Around a third of all species are threatened
Billionaires give much less money to poor countries than Governmental Aid does
Brutal decline of animals with skeletons
Brutal decline of wild populations of animals with skeletons
Child labor decreased until 2016
Clean drinking water increased
CO2 emission differ more within than between countries
Country averages hide huge inequalities
Death penalties decreased
Delivery care has increased
Education increased
Electricity access increased
EU and US got richer and decreased CO2 emissions
Evaluated species increased
Extreme poverty rate dropped faster than ever during the past decades
Farming is 2% of all incomes
Female top CEOs in the US increased
Few are missing electricity
Few countries remain on the low-Income level
Few live in mega cities
Few work in agriculture and they make very little money
Fewer conflicts between countries but many more within, compared to 1950
Food on Dollar Street – all meals of a month
Food production increased
Food Production increased a lot while Agricultural Land remains the same
Girls schooling increased
Global suicide rate decreased
Happiness is lowest in low income countries
Health inequalities are huge within some countries but small in others
HIV decreased
How people cook their food on different income levels
Hunger decreased
Improvements
Internet users increased
Leaded gasoline is now banned everywhere
Lethal indoor smoke decreased
Life expectancy increased
Majority of people live in the Middle Income countries, not Low-Income countries
Material use increases with income level
Materials extracted from nature increased as billions of people got richer
Migrants send home lots of money to middle income countries, but less to low income countries
Mobile phones increased
More children survive everywhere
Most Babies get some vaccination
Most child labor is in poor agriculture
Most children go to school for some years
Most people have enough food
Most people use modern energy for light and cooking
Nuclear warheads
Number of oil spills decreased
On average girls get more schooling than boys, worldwide
Once upon a time there was just one film
Only in few, very poor, countries are boys getting more schooling
Ozone depleting gases decreased
Pirate attacks decreased
Protection of nature increased
Refugee and migrant is not synonym
Richer kids get longer education
Roughly 10% of all child deaths can be prevented with better access to water
Rural population doubled since 1950
Science publishing increased
Slavery was banned everywhere
Smallpox disappeared
Solar cost dropped to 400 time less
Ten income groups of the world population
The extreme poverty rate is close to 0% in Rich countries
The extremely poor have become a minority
The global child mortality rate has dropped
The number of teams at the Olympics increased
The west has emitted half of the human caused CO2
Today most of the world agrees about most things (on paper)
Tuberculosis cases decreased
Vaccinations of babies increased
We eat more fish, but catch less, because more is farmed
Women’s rights to vote increased
Women’s share of paid work did not increase
Fossil fuel reserves aren’t running out
Most global warming hides in the ocean
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