Data Story Gallery
Eighteen public datasets from Our World in Data, each turned into an interactive data story by Datastripes. Every story is generated in your browser from the live CSV, in the format that suits its data best.Health · since 1950Life ExpectancyTimelineExplore life expectancy at birth since 1950 as an interactive data story. Compare countries, see the turning points and download-free analysis in your browser.A very long history, with wars, pandemics and the great rise of the 20th century.Open the story →Climate & Energy · since 1850CO2 EmissionsTimelineAnnual CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change since 1850, told as an interactive timeline. Compare the US, China, India, Brazil and the world.Total emissions are a 170-year story with clear eras: industrialisation in Europe and North America, the post-war boom, the oil shocks, and the rise of China.Open the story →Economy · since 1800GDP Per Capita (Maddison)Newspaper front pageTwo centuries of GDP per capita from the Maddison Project Database, told as an interactive newspaper front page. Compare the UK, US, Germany, China and India since 1800.The Maddison data is economic history: two centuries of growth, divergence and catch-up.Open the story →Society · since 1800Global PopulationBento gridWorld and country population since 1800 as an interactive bento grid. See growth, the largest countries and how concentrated the world population is.Population is a dataset of big, standalone figures: the world total, the largest countries, the fastest growers, the share held by a handful of nations.Open the story →Climate & Energy · since 1985Renewable Energy ShareSlide deckThe share of electricity from renewable sources since 1985, told as an interactive slide deck. Compare Germany, China, Brazil, the US and the world.The renewable share is a short, recent series with a clear message: it was flat for decades and then took off.Open the story →Climate & Energy · since 1965Energy ConsumptionConversationPrimary energy consumption since 1965 in terawatt-hours, told as an interactive conversation. Compare the US, China, India, France and the world.Energy data raises questions people actually ask: who uses the most, when did China pass the US, does anyone use less than before? A conversation format opens each section on one of those questions and answers it with the chart, which makes a dense dataset easy to follow..Open the story →Society · since 1950Urbanization RatesScrolling articleThe share of people living in urban areas since 1950, told as tap-through stories. Compare Brazil, China, India, Nigeria and the world.A slow global transformation, best told with small charts per country and a map, in a scrolling article..Open the story →Society · since 1800Global Literacy RatesAppTwo centuries of adult literacy rates as an interactive quiz. Guess, reveal and compare Russia, India, Brazil, Nigeria and the world.Most people badly underestimate how literate the world has become.Open the story →Health · since 1800Child Mortality RatesNewspaper front pageTwo centuries of under-five child mortality as an interactive newspaper front page. Compare Nigeria, India, the United States, Japan and the world.Child mortality is perhaps the most important good-news story in the data, and a front page gives it the weight it deserves: the headline fall as the lead article, then the country stories, the remaining gaps and the methods as columns around it..Open the story →Climate & Energy · since 1900CO2 Emissions per CapitaScrolling articleFossil CO2 emissions per person since 1900, as an interactive quiz. Guess and reveal how the US, China, India and Germany compare with the world average.This dataset suits a scrolling article: colored stripes in the opening chart, who went up and who went down, and the map at the end..Open the story →Economy · since 1990GDP per Capita (World Bank)Newspaper front pageGDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power since 1990, from the World Bank, shown as an interactive bento grid. Compare the US, China, India, Germany and the world.The data has regional groups, so ridgelines, beeswarms and rankings all apply.Open the story →Society · since 2011Self-reported HappinessQuizLife satisfaction by country from the World Happiness Report, told as an interactive conversation. Compare Finland, Denmark, the US, India and Afghanistan.“Guess the happiest country”: the data is intuitive and has too few years for a trend, so a quiz that asks the reader to guess first fits it best..Open the story →Society · since 1990Human Development IndexBento gridThe UN Human Development Index since 1990, told as an interactive newspaper front page. Compare Norway, China, India, Niger and the world.Many short views side by side: the map, a beeswarm by region, who gained positions.Open the story →Security · since 1949Military Expenditure (% of GDP)Slide deckMilitary spending as a share of GDP since 1949 from SIPRI, told as an interactive slide deck. Compare the US, Russia, China, Israel and Germany.A few strong messages: who spends the most, who has increased.Open the story →Climate & Energy · monthly, since 1940Monthly Temperature AnomaliesTap-through storiesMonthly surface temperature anomalies since 1940 from ERA5, told as a scrolling article. See the warming trend for the world and each continent.The warming stripes work best full screen, one screen at a time.Open the story →Security · since 1945Nuclear Warhead StockpilesConversationNuclear warhead stockpiles since 1945 from the Federation of American Scientists, told as an interactive timeline. Follow the US, Russia, China, France and the UK.A few actors and a clear plot, the arms race and then disarmament.Open the story →Society · since 1990Internet Users (% of Population)TimelineThe share of people using the internet since 1990 from the ITU and World Bank, told as tap-through stories. Compare the US, China, India, Nigeria and the world.Adoption curves and overtakes: the data suits a chart of rankings over time, laid out along a timeline..Open the story →Health · daily, since 2020Weekly COVID-19 CasesTimelineConfirmed weekly COVID-19 cases since 2020 from the WHO, told as an interactive timeline. Follow each wave in the US, India, Brazil, Germany and the world.The waves are events in time: peaks, markers and a comparison between countries, placed along a timeline..Open the story →
One dataset, eight ways to tell it
The Datastripes story engine reads a table, finds the main metric, the entities and the time axis, and writes sections only where the data has something to say: turning points, races for first place, concentration, seasonality, maps. The same findings can then be laid out in eight formats. In automatic mode the engine picks one from the shape of the data; on these pages the format is set by hand to show what each one is good at.- Scrolling article. A long-form article with a pinned opening chart, numbered chapters and charts that stay put while the text scrolls past.
- Slide deck. One finding per screen, answer first. Step through with the arrow keys or the buttons.
- Conversation. Each section opens on a question and the answer types itself in, bubble by bubble, with the chart in a card.
- Newspaper front page. A dated masthead, the brief as the lead story beside the hero chart, then articles in columns with pull quotes.
- Timeline. Numbered stops along a central line that fills as you scroll, each one drawing its chart as it arrives.
- Tap-through stories. Phone-sized cards with progress bars, the way social stories work. Tap right for the next card, left to go back.
- Quiz. Each finding is a question with its answer blurred. Guess, press Reveal, and the chart lights up the points the answer names.
- Bento grid. Every finding at once on a grid of tiles. Click a tile to open it full width.
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