Category: our world in data

Mapped: Immigration by Country, as a Percentage of the Population
Apr 18, 2022
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Jenna Ross
in foreign residents, immigrants, immigration, immigration per capita, Maps, migrant workers, migrants, our world in data
This post is by Jenna Ross from Visual Capitalist Immigration by Country, as a Percentage of the Population Many people move countries for work, study, or family. However, they may also be displaced by climate change, conflict, or economic instability. There were 272 million immigrants in 2020, amounting to 3.5% of the global population. Where…
Visualizing the World’s Loss of Forests Since the Ice-Age
Apr 1, 2022
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Omri Wallach
in agriculture, Amazon, Brazil, Climate Change, cop26, crops, deforestation, environment, farming, forest, forests, grazing, Green, Indonesia, loss of forests, meat, our world in data, plants
This post is by Omri Wallach from Visual Capitalist How to Use: To navigate this slideshow, click the arrows on the sides of each image or use the arrow keys on your keyboard. Visualizing The World’s Loss of Forests Since the Ice-Age How much of Earth used to be covered by forests, and what portion…