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Almost half of all countries have had a woman leader
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
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
Most Babies get some vaccination
Most children go to school for some years
Most people have enough food
Number of oil spills decreased
Once upon a time there was just one film
Ozone depleting gases decreased
Pirate attacks decreased
Protection of nature increased
Science publishing increased
Slavery was banned everywhere
Smallpox disappeared
Solar cost dropped to 400 time less
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
Women’s rights to vote increased
Fossil fuel reserves aren’t running out
Most global warming hides in the ocean

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