Data stories

1. 01The world is getting olderMedian age has climbed on every continent, the share of people over 65 has more than doubled since 1960, and fertility has fallen below replacement in most rich countries.Population4 charts3 min read3 indicators used
2. 02The rise of renewable electricityRenewables were a hydro story for decades. Since 2010 solar and wind have changed the shape of electricity systems on every continent.Energy5 charts4 min read3 indicators used
3. 03Internet adoption since 1990From a laboratory network to the default way most people read, pay and talk: three decades of one of the fastest diffusions of a technology ever measured.Digital4 charts3 min read1 indicator used
4. 04The shifting centre of the world economySumming the GDP of every country by region shows the world economy tilting toward East Asia and the Pacific since 1990, while North America holds and Europe recedes in share.Economy4 charts3 min read2 indicators used
5. 05Global fertility collapseIn 1960 the average woman had about five children. Today most of humanity lives in countries below the replacement rate of 2.1.Population4 charts3 min read1 indicator used
6. 0650 years of life expectancyHalf a century of gains on every continent — interrupted by AIDS, transitions and a pandemic, but rarely reversed for long.Health4 charts3 min read1 indicator used

A story is a declarative template: a list of blocks (world map by year, aggregate trend, country lines, a ranking) bound to indicators. Sentences are templates filled with numbers computed server-side from exactly the payloads charted below; when a value is missing the sentence is omitted rather than guessed.