People of the world are wealthier and healthier by far than they were centuries or even decades ago. In the last ~30 years, global extreme poverty has been reduced by about half. It may be the best (but least reported) news ever. But it was reported in this blog years ago, as you may remember.
Hans Rosling, the charismatic Swedish statistician, created Gapminder to correct the pervasive ignorance about this phenomenal news. His bubble charts entertain as they educate.
Here's one that I've never posted before. His data was current for 2009, but ten years later the trend still continues today:
(cont'd tomorrow)
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