Good News
Good News is a data page on the Global Intelligence desk of Glassbox Auditing. Progress on a map: renewable power plants, well-being by country and recoveries, with Our World in Data's long-run measures of health, income and schooling. Gains like these raise how much people can produce and earn over decades, which lifts living standards and demand.
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What is on this page today?
- Finland: 7.76 out of 10, 1st in the World Happiness Report 2026 — how people rate their own lives (Gallup World Poll), averaged over 2023-2025; 147 countries ranked (World Happiness Report, 30 Dec 2025)
- Iceland: 7.54 out of 10, 2nd in the World Happiness Report 2026 — how people rate their own lives (Gallup World Poll), averaged over 2023-2025; 147 countries ranked (World Happiness Report, 30 Dec 2025)
- Denmark: 7.54 out of 10, 3rd in the World Happiness Report 2026 — how people rate their own lives (Gallup World Poll), averaged over 2023-2025; 147 countries ranked (World Happiness Report, 30 Dec 2025)
- Children dying before age 5: 3.7% worldwide in 2024, from 7.9% in 1999 (UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, 30 Dec 2024)
- People with electricity: 91.9% worldwide in 2024, from 74.5% in 1999 (World Bank, 30 Dec 2024)
- People undernourished: 8.2% worldwide in 2024, from 12.7% in 2000 (FAO, 30 Dec 2024)
- Life expectancy at birth: 73.2 years worldwide in 2023, from 65.7 years in 1998 (UN World Population Prospects, 30 Dec 2023)
- Food supply per person: 3,005.6 kcal a day worldwide in 2023, from 2,639.8 kcal a day in 1998 (FAO, 30 Dec 2023)
Where does the data come from?
Items on this page come from World Happiness Report; UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; World Bank; FAO; UN World Population Prospects. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.
What does this page lead to?
- Natural Gas (Macro): Wind and solar output displaces gas-fired generation in the hours it runs, so growth in renewables tends to lower power-sector gas burn. (moves the other way; years; economy scale) Source: EIA natural gas data (API v2): weekly storage; monthly production, consumption, trade and prices.
- Energy Industry (Companies): New wind, solar and battery capacity is revenue for the developers, equipment makers and installers listed in the energy directory. (moves the same way; quarters; sector scale) Source: BTU Graph open energy directory (graph.json, companies.csv; CC BY 4.0, attribute BTU Graph).
- Lithium (Macro): Batteries for electric cars and for storing wind and solar power are the main use of lithium, so faster clean-power build-out raises lithium demand. (moves the same way; years; global scale) Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (mine production, reserves, U.S. net import reliance).
- Economies & Debt (World Powers): Gains in life expectancy, schooling and access to electricity raise how much each worker can produce, which shows up over decades as higher income per person. (moves the same way; decades; global scale) Source: World Bank World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).