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90% have access to some kind of toilet
Almost everyone can read today
Almost half of all countries have had a woman leader
Around 90% have basic access to drinking water
Brutal decline of wild populations of animals with skeletons
Child labor decreased until 2016
Clean drinking water increased
Death penalties decreased
Delivery care has increased
Education increased
Electricity access increased
Evaluated species increased
Extreme poverty rate dropped faster than ever during the past decades
Female top CEOs in the US increased
Few are missing electricity
Few work in agriculture and they make very little money
Fewer conflicts between countries but many more within, compared to 1950
Food on Dollar Street – all meals of a month
Food production increased
Food Production increased a lot while Agricultural Land remains the same
Girls schooling increased
Global suicide rate decreased
HIV decreased
Hunger decreased
Improvements
Internet users increased
Leaded gasoline is now banned everywhere
Lethal indoor smoke decreased
Life expectancy increased
Mobile phones increased
More children survive everywhere
Most Babies get some vaccination
Most children go to school for some years
Most people have enough food
Most people use modern energy for light and cooking
Number of oil spills decreased
On average girls get more schooling than boys, worldwide
Once upon a time there was just one film
Only in few, very poor, countries are boys getting more schooling
Ozone depleting gases decreased
Pirate attacks decreased
Protection of nature increased
Richer kids get longer education
Roughly 10% of all child deaths can be prevented with better access to water
Science publishing increased
Slavery was banned everywhere
Smallpox disappeared
Solar cost dropped to 400 time less
Ten income groups of the world population
The extreme poverty rate is close to 0% in Rich countries
The extremely poor have become a minority
The global child mortality rate has dropped
The number of teams at the Olympics increased
Tuberculosis cases decreased
Vaccinations of babies increased
We eat more fish, but catch less, because more is farmed
Women’s rights to vote increased
Women’s share of paid work did not increase
Fossil fuel reserves aren’t running out
Most global warming hides in the ocean
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