
Gapminder
@gapminder
A non-profit fighting devastating misconceptions with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand.
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http://www.gapminder.org 24-03-2009 09:25:41
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Some things are worse than you think! The #Gaza Famine victims are 81% of global famine-risk-population. 0.57M in Gaza are in The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification's category 5 out of 0.7M worldwide. But as most plp overestimate suffering, and think famine is common, they don't see: Gaza is extreme!



Then I discovered the work of #HansRosling Gapminder. He taught me that extreme poverty & child mortality were falling & education & life expectancy were rising. I went looking for other areas where my preconceptions might be wrong... #geographyteachers theguardian.com/environment/20…

¿ ¿ ¿ Why would imigration increase if borders are closed ? ? ? Read @heindehaas, dismantling tons of migration misconceptions, many of which Gapminder tested in the Refugee Misconceptions Study 2023: gapminder.org/ignorance/stud… Test yourself here: upgrader.gapminder.org/t/refugees



Who saved 154 million lives over 50 years? World Health Organization (WHO) Six lives per minute! The name of the hero: Immunisation Programs. Let's make sure this great example of global progress, this triumph of human collaboration, gets its deserved attention! who.int/news/item/24-0…







Just launched local 🇸🇪 data! SWEDES—See how your neighborhood is changing: boendebarometern.uu.se OTHERS—Tell us if you want to collaborate with local data for your country too. Email: [email protected] See: uu.se/en/news/2025/2… Uppsala universitet

