UN Data is one of these websites that look REALLY boring, but offer a HUGE amount of interesting data - at least for people who want to know more details.

These official numbers are certainly not perfect - I am pretty sure some governments feed the UN crappy data. But at least it’s a global repository for important facts about our planet, the current state of human affairs and our societies.

You know that you hard drive will die some day and all the data on it will be lost. Maybe you loose your data by mistake, a system crash or virus? But day X is coming and you should be prepared!

This is a LONG rant - so skip this if you are not interested.

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