To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights. Hans Rosling employmenthealthhuman share on social
Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities. Hans Rosling basedatumdescribe Change image and share on social
Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to 'Twitter' transatlantically. Hans Rosling advancementbuchanancable share on social
I am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world. Hans Rosling analyticallycategoryemotion Change image and share on social
The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work done, it's done in China.' Hans Rosling analyticbigceo Change image and share on social
Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow. Hans Rosling averagechilddecrease Change image and share on social
My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword-swallower as a patient, and he taught me. Hans Rosling failfriendmagician Change image and share on social
There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa. Hans Rosling afghanistanafricaamount Change image and share on social