Lucas Rodés-Guirao | Our World in Data Our World in Data Browse by topic Data Latest Resources About Subscribe Donate Lucas Rodés-Guirao Senior Data Scientist [email protected] lcsrg.me @lcsrg.me Lucas is a Senior Data Scientist at Our World in Data, mostly working on the curation of various datasets and the data infrastructure. He joined in 2021, after working as a Deep Learning Researcher at the National Institute of Informatics (Tokyo, Japan) and as a Data Scientist for the private sector. He studied an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at UPC (Barcelona, Spain) and KTH (Stockholm, Sweden). Lucas Rodés-Guirao Senior Data Scientist Lucas is a Senior Data Scientist at Our World in Data, mostly working on the curation of various datasets and the data infrastructure. He joined in 2021, after working as a Deep Learning Researcher at the National Institute of Informatics (Tokyo, Japan) and as a Data Scientist for the private sector. He studied an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at UPC (Barcelona, Spain) and KTH (Stockholm, Sweden). [email protected] lcsrg.me @lcsrg.me All work July 11, 2023 Population Growth Explore global and national data on population growth, demography, and how they are changing. November 28, 2023 Life Expectancy People are living longer across the world, but large differences remain. Explore global data on life expectancy and how it has changed over time. March 7, 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the world. Explore global data and research to understand its impact, spread, and global response. March 20, 2024 War and Peace How common are armed conflict and peace between and within countries? How is this changing over time? Explore research and data on war and peace. June 20, 2023 Mental Health Mental health has a significant impact on people’s lives and wellbeing. To support people with mental illnesses, we need better data to understand them. March 15, 2013 Democracy How has democracy spread across countries? Are we moving towards a more democratic world? Explore global data and research on democracy. April 2, 2023 Suicides Suicide rates can be reduced with greater understanding and support for people at risk. April 5, 2023 Ozone Layer International action on ozone-deplying substances has led to a 99% reduction in emissions. December 7, 2023 Pandemics The world can respond swiftly and effectively to pandemic risks with better understanding, resources, and effort. December 16, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations Explore data on COVID-19 vaccinations across the world. May 1, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths Explore data on COVID-19 deaths across the world. May 2, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases Explore data on COVID-19 cases across the world. May 22, 2020 Excess mortality during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) Explore data on COVID-19 excess mortality across the world. May 5, 2020 Mortality Risk of COVID-19 Explore data on the mortality risk of COVID-19 across the world. November 27, 2023 Why do women live longer than men? Women tend to live longer than men in all countries — but the sex gap in life expectancy is not a constant. November 1, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hospitalizations Explore data on COVID-19 hospitalizations across the world. July 11, 2024 Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects Falling fertility rates, migration movements, and China’s population decline. July 11, 2022 Five key findings from the 2022 UN Population Prospects Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates. May 7, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing Explore data on COVID-19 testing across the world. February 8, 2022 What are the sources for Our World in Data's population estimates? Our team builds and maintains a long-run dataset on population by country, region, and for the world, based on three key sources. February 28, 2023 Our World in Data will rely on data from the WHO to track confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths Johns Hopkins University will stop publishing data on confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. Our team will replace our entire time series with WHO's data on 8 March 2023. December 13, 2023 Our Data Explorers on Armed Conflict and War Browse our two detailed data explorers on armed conflicts and war, with almost 300 interactive visualizations across six data sources. May 1, 2024 Key lessons from our work on the COVID-19 pandemic are now published in Lancet Public Health Our peer-reviewed article outlines seven ways to publish data better. May 31, 2022 Ending our COVID-19 testing data updates As of 23 June 2022, we will no longer add new data points to our COVID-19 testing dataset. We will continue updates of all other metrics in our COVID-19 dataset. November 15, 2024 Future updates of our data on COVID-19 We list our datasets on COVID-19 and the frequency with which we will update them going forward. November 18, 2024 17 key charts to understand the COVID-19 pandemic The pandemic has resulted in over twenty million deaths. In this article, we review the key insights from global data on COVID-19. November 18, 2024 How our team at Our World in Data became a global data source on COVID-19 Our small team made COVID-19 data clear, reliable, and accessible to a global audience. This is how it happened. Our World in Data is free and accessible for everyone. Help us do this work by making a donation. Donate now Our World in Data is a project of Global Change Data Lab, a nonprofit based in the UK (Reg. Charity No. 1186433). Our charts, articles, and data are licensed under CC BY, unless stated otherwise. The source code for our tools and software is made publicly available for transparency and educational reference under a custom license. 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