Healthy
↑ Improving
73.4 yrs
Global avg. life expectancy — up from 52 yrs in 1960
Life expectancy at birth (WHO)
Healthspan — QALYs / years in good health (IHME)
Undernourishment (FAO)
WHO · IHME · OWID
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Wealthy
↑ Improving
8.5%
In extreme poverty — down from 36% in 1990
Share living in extreme poverty (World Bank)
Median GDP per capita, PPP (World Bank)
Social spending as % of GDP (OECD)
World Bank · OECD · OWID
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Wise
↑ Improving
87%
Global literacy rate — up from 67% in 1970
Global literacy rate (UNESCO)
Basic education completion (World Bank)
Mean years of schooling (OWID)
UNESCO · World Bank · OWID
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Peaceful
→ Mixed
↓ 80%
Battle deaths per capita vs. 1945 peak (UCDP)
Battle deaths per capita (UCDP / PRIO)
Wars by type — intrastate & interstate (UCDP)
Genocide & one-sided violence (UCDP)
UCDP · PRIO
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Safe
↑ Improving
↓ 50%
US homicide rate since 1990s peak (FBI / CDC)
Homicide rate (UNODC / FBI / CDC)
Rape & sexual assault (BJS victimization survey)
Accidental & traffic deaths (NHTSA / CDC)
UNODC · FBI · BJS · NHTSA
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Free
→ Mixed
55
Countries retaining death penalty — down from 100+ in 1970
Electoral Democracy Index (V-Dem)
% of countries democratic (Polity)
Countries abolishing death penalty (Amnesty)
V-Dem · Polity · Amnesty Intl.
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Equal
↑ Improving
64
Countries where homosexuality is legal (up from ~10 in 1960)
V-Dem Women's Empowerment Index
Countries where homosexuality is legal (ILGA)
Racist / sexist opinions, US (GSS · Pew)
V-Dem · ILGA · GSS · Pew
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Happy
→ Stable
5.74
Global avg. life satisfaction (0–10 scale, WHR)
World Happiness Report / Gallup ladder
Integrated / World Values Survey
Suicide rate (WHO)
WHR · WVS · GSS · WHO
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Clean
→ Mixed
↓ 2.4%/yr
Carbon intensity (CO₂/GDP) — solid falling; absolute CO₂ dashed, still rising
Environmental Performance Index (Yale EPI)
Air pollution — PM2.5 / ozone (EPA · WHO)
CO₂ emissions & carbon intensity (IEA · GCP)
Yale EPI · IEA · GCP · EPA
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