📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🧒 Cancer mortality in children has decreased by 84%
Childhood cancer mortality in the US has decreased six-fold since the 1950s. Improved treatment methods for leukemia have led to significantly more children surviving the disease. Mortality has decreased significantly for all types of cancer, including lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
👩🏭 EU reaches lowest unemployment level in decades
EU unemployment has dropped from 11.3 percent in 2013 to 6 percent in 2023, the lowest level in several decades.
🐢 Sea turtles increase significantly in numbers
New studies show sea turtles are increasing in numbers at 28 locations worldwide. Only five sites show a decrease. On Sal Island off Africa, the number of loggerhead nests increased from 500 to 35,000 between 2008 and 2020.
👴 Life expectancy continues to increase and surpasses expert predictions
Life expectancy has increased continuously for over a century. Progress in medicine, public health and living standards drives development. Scientific predictions about maximum life expectancy are constantly surpassed.
💉 Measles vaccine has saved 94 million lives since 1974
Measles vaccines have saved 94 million lives globally since 1974, of which 92 million were children. The measles vaccine has saved more lives than any other childhood vaccine in the last 50 years.
⚕️ Sharp decline in HIV and AIDS in India
AIDS-related deaths in India decreased by 79 percent between 2010 and 2023. New HIV infections decreased by 44 percent during the same period, exceeding the global reduction of 39 percent.
📉 Global CO2 emissions per person have peaked
CO2 emissions per person peaked in 2012 and have decreased since then. When emissions from land use are included, data shows the peak was reached already in the 1970s.
🎗️ Cervical cancer could become the first cancer type to be completely eliminated
Unlike most other cancers, cervical cancer can be prevented and completely eliminated using existing tools. Several high-income countries are close to elimination, with fewer than four cases per 100,000 women.
🎗️ Decrease in cervical cancer deaths among young women in USA
Cervical cancer deaths among women under 25 have decreased by 60 percent between 2016-2021 in the USA. A study shows zero cases of cervical cancer among women who were vaccinated against HPV at age 12-13.