License
Reuse it. Just two things to know.
This project is meant to be used: quoted, taught from, built on. But “the site” and “the data behind the site” are licensed differently, and the difference matters. Here is the whole of it.
1 · What we made is yours, with credit
The original prose, the code, the chart designs, and the editorial structure of this atlas are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ↗. You may copy, adapt, and redistribute them, including commercially, for any purpose, as long as you give credit and link back.
A credit as simple as this is enough:
“Hope & Despair” (hopeanddespair.world), CC BY 4.0.
2 · The data is not all ours to license
Almost every number here comes from someone else: statistical agencies, research groups, and open-data projects. Those datasets keep their own licences, and ours does not override them. Most are CC BY or CC0, and where they are, we re-host the derived series so you can download it.
But some sources do not permit redistribution. Those we cite and link only — we never re-publish their numbers. So before you reuse the underlying data, check the per-chart attribution and, for anything beyond our own derived files, the original source’s own terms. When in doubt, follow the stricter licence.
Every figure on the site carries its source, licence, and vintage in its citation, and a downloadable lineage where we are allowed to provide one. The full list lives on the sources page.
How to cite a page
Each article has a Cite this page block at its foot, with a ready-made reference and a BibTeX entry, including the canonical link and the date it was last revised. Add your own access date when you use it.