If you watch the news, you’d probably think it’s getting bad out there, especially with the recency bias from the last 18 months with Covid on everyone’s mind. So take a step back and look at these positive trends for Extreme Poverty, Education, Literacy, Democracy, Vaccinations, and Child Mortality. I’ll bet this looks even better when updating through 2022.  

There’s more insights here at OurWorldInData.org