Data criteria
The data presented in this project consists of high-level global estimates. To make complex statistics easier to read and understand, percentages have been rounded to whole numbers. To ensure the reliability of the analysis, priority has been given to internationally recognized sources that are updated annually, which guarantees that the information reflects the most current global situation.
Updates log
v1.3.0 October 2026
Annual data updates for global reports
- Changed
- Global facts updated with their latest annual reports, including adjustments to percentages and explanations:
- Global electricity from renewable sources (Global Electricity Review 2026)
- Global population facing chronic hunger (The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026)
- Land area covered by forests (The State of the World's Forests 2026)
- Global facts updated with their latest annual reports, including adjustments to percentages and explanations:
v1.2.0 September 2026
Annual data updates for global reports
- Changed
- Global facts updated with their latest annual reports, including adjustments to percentages and explanations:
- Countries considered full democracies (Democracy Index 2025)
- Global population with access to electricity (Energy Progress Report 2026)
- Population living in extreme poverty (The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026)
- Global facts updated with their latest annual reports, including adjustments to percentages and explanations:
v1.1.0 April 2026
'Guess' mode, new data and user interface update
- Added
- New 'Guess' mode to test intuition
- Scroll progress indicator
- 10 new global facts:
- Countries considered full democracies (Democracy Index 2024)
- Population owning 75% of global wealth (World Inequality Report 2026)
- Population with no religious affiliation (Global Religious Landscape 2025)
- Children engaged in child labour (Child Labour: Global estimates 2024)
- Global population living in cities (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
- Global adult literacy rate (International Literacy Day 2025)
- Population living with a mental disorder (World Mental Health Report 2025)
- Women who have experienced violence (Violence against women prevalence estimates 2023)
- Countries with full marriage equality (Laws on Us)
- Children and youth out of school (Global Education Monitoring Report 2026)
- Changed
- Expanded and reorganized data categories into 7 new themes (economy, education, environment, health, human rights, politics, society) for better filtering. The following initial facts were reclassified:
- Population with access to safe drinking water: Health → Human Rights
- Global electricity from renewable sources: Energy → Environment
- Population living in extreme poverty: Society → Economy
- Global population facing chronic hunger: Health → Human Rights
- Global population with access to electricity: Energy → Human Rights
- Redesigned navigation buttons to enhance usability and accessibility
- Optimized canonical links and sitemap structure
- Expanded and reorganized data categories into 7 new themes (economy, education, environment, health, human rights, politics, society) for better filtering. The following initial facts were reclassified:
v1.0.0 March 2026
Initial launch
- Added
- Two interactive visualization formats using a 100-icon proportional scale
- Category filters to explore facts by topic
- 10 initial global facts:
- Population with access to safe drinking water (JMP 2025)
- Global electricity from renewable sources (Global Electricity Review 2025)
- Population living in extreme poverty (The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025)
- Global population facing chronic hunger (The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025)
- Global population with access to electricity (Energy Progress Report 2025)
- Land area covered by ice (Global Ice and Snow Data)
- Species threatened with extinction (Red List of Threatened Species 2025-2)
- Adults who consume tobacco (Global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024)
- International migrant population (International Migrant Stock)
- Land area covered by forests (The State of the World's Forests 2024)
- Feedback and suggestion form
- Methodology page with source documentation and selection criteria
- Light and dark theme modes for better accessibility
- Bilingual support (English and Spanish)
Contact
If you have corrections or new verified sources, you can contribute via the form on the main page or directly in the repository.