Reference figures

13 reference-class figures for countries, regions and the world, from Our World in Data, frozen on 22 October 2026. Each figure page gives every year published, the source and a link to how the figure was made.

Indicators

• Life expectancy: Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year. (265 countries and regions)
• Child mortality rate: Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five. (213 countries and regions)
• Population growth rate: Annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage. (253 countries and regions)
• GDP per capita: Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries. (212 countries and regions)
• Annual GDP growth (%): Annual GDP growth (%). (231 countries and regions)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual %): Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) (206 countries and regions)
• Unemployment rate: Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. (200 countries and regions)
• Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day. (195 countries and regions)
• CO₂ emissions per capita: Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change. (231 countries and regions)
• Share of the population with access to electricity: Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day. (229 countries and regions)
• Share of the population using the Internet: Share of the population who used the Internet in the last three months. (231 countries and regions)
• Fertility rate: Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years. (259 countries and regions)
• Obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+ years of age: Obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) (%) - Sex: both sexes - Age group: 18+ years of age (206 countries and regions)

About this site

• Method: how the figures were taken and frozen
• Sources: the citation for each indicator
• Terms: requests are logged for research and reported only in aggregate
• evidence-tools: the same figures as an MCP tool, beside a statistic checker and an evidence combiner