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About UK by Numbers

What is UK by Numbers?

UK by Numbers is a free website that brings together official statistics on important issues, and presents them in an accessible way, through interactive charts and visualisations.

It is developed as a non-partisan and non-profit project to improve public understanding of this information.

It is not a government website, and is independent from any government or political affiliation.

Who built the website?

This website was built by Hannah Ritchie, with the support of Claude Code for developing the charting tools and data updates.

Hannah Ritchie is Deputy Editor at Our World in Data. While this website builds on some of the learnings from OWID, it is built, designed and maintained independently of that project.

How is it funded?

This project isn't funded. It was built and is maintained in my free time, without financial support.

Will this be updated and expanded over time?

Yes, the data in existing charts and visualisations will be updated in line with updates from the underlying data sources.

New topics and issues will also be added over time.

Can I reuse the charts?

Yes, the charts from this website are licensed as CC-BY-SA. Feel free to reuse them in whatever capacity is useful. Please make sure to maintain a credit line to the original data source.

Every chart can be viewed on its own page, downloaded as a PNG, and embedded on other websites.

Can I reuse the data?

The data behind every chart can be downloaded as a CSV. Each chart credits its source, with notes on definitions and changes in method.

When reusing this data, please make sure to correctly cite the original source, and check any underlying data-sharing restrictions or licenses.

Contact

If you spot any errors, or have suggestions for improvements, you can email me at hannah@ourworldinata.org.