DataShape https://datashape.org Data briefs tied to the news, deep analyses, source-cited and receipt-backed. en 88 million Nigerians live without electricity. More than in any other country. https://datashape.org/briefs/nigeria-electricity https://datashape.org/briefs/nigeria-electricity Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Social & Economic Rights Four Nigerians in ten. One of every eight unelectrified people on earth. Health spending in DR Congo: 23 dollars per person per year. https://datashape.org/briefs/dr-congo-health https://datashape.org/briefs/dr-congo-health Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Social & Economic Rights The world average is 1,317 dollars. One world-average week outspends a Congolese year. 16% of Haiti's economy is money sent home from abroad. https://datashape.org/briefs/haiti-remittances https://datashape.org/briefs/haiti-remittances Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Social & Economic Rights Nearly one dollar in six. And the share keeps growing. World hunger has been rising again since 2015. https://datashape.org/briefs/world-hunger-rising https://datashape.org/briefs/world-hunger-rising Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Social & Economic Rights Roughly 690 million people do not get enough to eat. Displacement inside Mali has grown sixfold in a decade. https://datashape.org/briefs/mali-displacement https://datashape.org/briefs/mali-displacement Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Repression & Violence About 715,000 Malians are displaced, at home and abroad. Puerto Rico has lost one resident in seven since 2010. https://datashape.org/briefs/puerto-rico-exodus https://datashape.org/briefs/puerto-rico-exodus Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Social & Economic Rights From 3.72 million people to 3.20 million, in 14 years. 13.7 million people from Sudan were displaced by the end of 2024. https://datashape.org/briefs/sudan-displacement https://datashape.org/briefs/sudan-displacement Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Repression & Violence That is more than one person in four. 52 million immigrants live in the United States. More than the next three countries combined. https://datashape.org/briefs/us-immigrants-count https://datashape.org/briefs/us-immigrants-count Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Equality About one resident in six was born somewhere else. India's civil society score has fallen by more than half since 2010. https://datashape.org/briefs/india-civic-space https://datashape.org/briefs/india-civic-space Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Civil Liberties The street is making noise. The measurements had been dropping for years. About one resident in eight in Lebanon is a registered refugee. https://datashape.org/briefs/lebanon-refugees https://datashape.org/briefs/lebanon-refugees Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Equality No country carries more, for its size. More than half the world's refugees come from just three countries. https://datashape.org/briefs/refugees-three-countries https://datashape.org/briefs/refugees-three-countries Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Repression & Violence Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine: 16.8 million of the 31 million. Nicaragua's electoral democracy score has fallen by three quarters since 2006. https://datashape.org/briefs/nicaragua-elections-end https://datashape.org/briefs/nicaragua-elections-end Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Democracy & Elections The measurement ended before the announcement did. One of every four stateless people on earth is a Rohingya in Bangladesh. https://datashape.org/briefs/rohingya-stateless https://datashape.org/briefs/rohingya-stateless Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Equality A million people with no citizenship anywhere, in one strip of camps. 4.8 million Yemenis are displaced inside their own country. https://datashape.org/briefs/yemen-displaced-decade https://datashape.org/briefs/yemen-displaced-decade Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Repression & Violence The number has climbed for a decade and has never come back down. Iran hosts more refugees than any other country on earth: 3.5 million. https://datashape.org/briefs/iran-hosts-most-refugees https://datashape.org/briefs/iran-hosts-most-refugees Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Equality The number quadrupled in four years. 8.8 million Ukrainians were still displaced at the end of 2024. https://datashape.org/briefs/ukraine-displacement https://datashape.org/briefs/ukraine-displacement Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Repression & Violence Ten times the number before the full invasion. The United States has fallen 22 places on press freedom in four years. https://datashape.org/briefs/us-press-freedom-fall https://datashape.org/briefs/us-press-freedom-fall Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Media & Information Rank 64 of 180 countries, and still sliding between editions. Mexicans abroad sent home 68 billion dollars in one year. https://datashape.org/briefs/mexico-remittances https://datashape.org/briefs/mexico-remittances Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Social & Economic Rights The second-largest flow of family money on earth. 5.9 million Palestinians are registered refugees. https://datashape.org/briefs/palestinian-refugees-count https://datashape.org/briefs/palestinian-refugees-count Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Brief Repression & Violence The count has grown for seven decades. Clean. Efficient. Not a democracy. https://datashape.org/stories/singapore-clean https://datashape.org/stories/singapore-clean Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Corruption Clean. Efficient. Not a democracy. Academic freedom is collapsing in one stable democracy: the US. https://datashape.org/stories/academic-freedom-us https://datashape.org/stories/academic-freedom-us Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Civil Liberties Academic freedom is collapsing in one stable democracy: the US. What kills a free press is usually money. https://datashape.org/stories/press-economics https://datashape.org/stories/press-economics Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Media & Information What kills a free press is usually money. One right rose faster under dictatorships. https://datashape.org/stories/empowerment-under-autocracy https://datashape.org/stories/empowerment-under-autocracy Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Equality One right rose faster under dictatorships. A new leader can change almost anything except corruption. https://datashape.org/stories/corruption-sticky https://datashape.org/stories/corruption-sticky Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Corruption A new leader can change almost anything except corruption. Law that limits power weakened. Law that keeps order held. https://datashape.org/stories/law-that-limits-power https://datashape.org/stories/law-that-limits-power Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Justice & Rule of Law Law that limits power weakened. Law that keeps order held. More refugees than ever, and almost none are going home. https://datashape.org/stories/going-home https://datashape.org/stories/going-home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Repression & Violence More refugees than ever, and almost none are going home. From almost no internet to nearly everyone, in a decade. https://datashape.org/stories/internet-leapfrog https://datashape.org/stories/internet-leapfrog Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Digital Rights & Privacy From almost no internet to nearly everyone, in a decade. Chronic disease is becoming a penalty for being poor. https://datashape.org/stories/chronic-disease-gap https://datashape.org/stories/chronic-disease-gap Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Social & Economic Rights Chronic disease is becoming a penalty for being poor. The world's most common government holds elections it cannot lose. https://datashape.org/stories/electoral-autocracy https://datashape.org/stories/electoral-autocracy Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Democracy & Elections The world's most common government holds elections it cannot lose. Kill journalists, or jail them. Few countries do both. https://datashape.org/stories/killed-or-jailed https://datashape.org/stories/killed-or-jailed Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Civil Liberties Kill journalists, or jail them. Few countries do both. Governments are defying their own top courts like never before. https://datashape.org/stories/defying-the-courts https://datashape.org/stories/defying-the-courts Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Justice & Rule of Law Governments are defying their own top courts like never before. A free press is slipping, including in 20 democracies. https://datashape.org/stories/media-capture https://datashape.org/stories/media-capture Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Media & Information A free press is slipping, including in 20 democracies. The world fought forced labor, then lost more than it had won. https://datashape.org/stories/forced-labor https://datashape.org/stories/forced-labor Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Repression & Violence The world fought forced labor, then lost more than it had won. Countries passed privacy laws while jailing more people for posts. https://datashape.org/stories/jailed-for-posts https://datashape.org/stories/jailed-for-posts Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Digital Rights & Privacy Countries passed privacy laws while jailing more people for posts. For 26 countries, life is measurably worse than before 2019. https://datashape.org/stories/development-reversal https://datashape.org/stories/development-reversal Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Social & Economic Rights For 26 countries, life is measurably worse than before 2019. Strong courts can be built, and 17 countries did. https://datashape.org/stories/courts-built https://datashape.org/stories/courts-built Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Justice & Rule of Law Strong courts can be built, and 17 countries did. Harassing journalists is now routine in half the world. https://datashape.org/stories/journalists-harassed https://datashape.org/stories/journalists-harassed Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Media & Information Harassing journalists is now routine in half the world. Even settled democracies repress, just more quietly now. https://datashape.org/stories/repression-mode-shift https://datashape.org/stories/repression-mode-shift Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Repression & Violence Even settled democracies repress, just more quietly now. Foreign disinformation used to be rare. Now it is the norm. https://datashape.org/stories/foreign-disinformation https://datashape.org/stories/foreign-disinformation Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Digital Rights & Privacy Foreign disinformation used to be rare. Now it is the norm. As child deaths fall, the ones left are the very youngest. https://datashape.org/stories/newborn-deaths https://datashape.org/stories/newborn-deaths Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Social & Economic Rights As child deaths fall, the ones left are the very youngest. Democracy is not declining everywhere. The freest region fell hardest. https://datashape.org/stories/recession-regional https://datashape.org/stories/recession-regional Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Democracy & Elections Democracy is not declining everywhere. The freest region fell hardest. The world\'s least corrupt countries are quietly slipping. https://datashape.org/stories/clean-reputations-slipping https://datashape.org/stories/clean-reputations-slipping Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Corruption The world\'s least corrupt countries are quietly slipping. Rights are eroding quietly, not violently. https://datashape.org/stories/voice-not-violence https://datashape.org/stories/voice-not-violence Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Civil Liberties Rights are eroding quietly, not violently. Press freedom is falling on every measure but one. https://datashape.org/stories/women-journalists https://datashape.org/stories/women-journalists Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Media & Information Press freedom is falling on every measure but one. One human rights number has risen every year for 33 years. https://datashape.org/stories/women-in-parliament https://datashape.org/stories/women-in-parliament Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Equality One human rights number has risen every year for 33 years. The stateless population held flat. The number of countries tripled. https://datashape.org/stories/statelessness-spreading https://datashape.org/stories/statelessness-spreading Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Repression & Violence The stateless population held flat. The number of countries tripled. Election officials are as skilled as ever, and far less free. https://datashape.org/stories/election-referees https://datashape.org/stories/election-referees Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Democracy & Elections Election officials are as skilled as ever, and far less free. Almost everyone can vote. Fewer and fewer can speak freely. https://datashape.org/stories/vote-versus-voice https://datashape.org/stories/vote-versus-voice Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Civil Liberties Almost everyone can vote. Fewer and fewer can speak freely. The march toward women\'s political power has nearly stopped. https://datashape.org/stories/women-empowerment https://datashape.org/stories/women-empowerment Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Equality The march toward women\'s political power has nearly stopped. State violence retreated for decades. It is creeping back. https://datashape.org/stories/severe-violence https://datashape.org/stories/severe-violence Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Story Repression & Violence State violence retreated for decades. It is creeping back.