After presidency, Carter went on to focus on charity and human rights work.
Unlike a lot of former presidents he chose not to profit off his time in power but instead live a modest life.
In 1980 he founded the Carter Center with his wife Rosalynn, which works to promote human rights and help bring peace to international conflicts.
Carter travelled the world as a peace worker and public health campaigner. He made visits to North Korea in 1994 and Cuba in 2002 during conflicts.
The Carter Center is credited with helping to cure river blindness, trachoma and Guinea worm disease – debilitating illnesses which have reduced from millions of cases in Africa and Asia in 1986 to a handful today.
He later won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his “decades of untiring effort” for human rights and work to promote peace.
Carter also played a central role in promoting Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organisation which builds and finds homes for those in need.