Chart Porn » Source: Economist

Corruption and Development

Dustin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:09:33 +0000

Graphing the Corruption Perceptions Index vs the Human Development Index shows a pretty clear correlation. Of course, “perception” indices are always of dubious value.

Shoe Throwing Index

Dustin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:52:00 +0000

This is a strange little tool: an interactive index to middle east unrest.

Move the sliders to ascribe different weightings to the various indicators that may influence instability (since the values shown are rounded, they may not always add up to exactly 100). Lock individual sliders by clicking the checkboxes. Roll over the chart to see indicators for each country.

What’s in a Tweet

Dustin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:18:47 +0000

Even though the “content limit” is only 140 characters, each tweet actually contains a crazy amount of meta-data. (related Economist article; via The Big Picture)

US Military Spending

Dustin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:37:00 +0000

America’s military spending is larger than the next 17 countries combined.

Child Brides

Dustin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:32:36 +0000

In some parts of the world, marrying young is commonplace. I couldn’t find the exact comparison for the United States, but the median age when married is 26 (2009). Wikipedia lists data for additional countries, if you’re interested.

Economist: Top 20 Charts of 2010

Dustin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:56:33 +0000

Interactive tree map of the top 20 charts viewed on the Economist’s website.

Seven Billion People

Dustin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:23:21 +0000

The Economist produced this video explaining population trends using a series of well designed radial diagrams, including the birth of the 7th billion living person, expected in 2011. The surprising part: after ridiculous growth in the past century, things are starting to slow down.

Israeli Settlements (1990-2010)

Dustin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:21:58 +0000

From the Economist, a graph of public and private settlements. From the BBC, a map of the settlements and a summary of previous peace talks. note: we posted a (slightly better) WSJ settlement map in Feb.

Tea Party Demographics

Dustin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:05:39 +0000

Who supports the tea party? (entire poll)

Bankruptcies Back on the Rise

Dustin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:35:00 +0000

Despite the 2005 reforms that made it tougher, bankruptcies are rising steadily.

History of GDP (1-2008)

Dustin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:16:00 +0000

Data compiled by Angus Maddison, an economist who died earlier this year, suggest that China and India were the biggest economies in the world for almost all of the past 2000 years. Why they fell so far behind may be more of a mystery than why they are currently flourishing.

(ps – the comments at the Economist are worth the read)

Church Attendance and Liars

Dustin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:17:03 +0000

A simple chart showing the percentage of europeans that never attend religious services. FYI, similar polls put the USA at 40%. But apparently, most people lie about this when asked.

The Breakfast Index

Dustin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:05:00 +0000

Commodity prices are on the rise again. The Economist picked a pretty recent base year for this graph of wheat, orange juice, and coffee prices – a longer trend would have shown the big ups and downs of the past few years.

Global Executions

Dustin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:54:55 +0000

Yikes! Anybody want to re-jigger this to per-capita? Or does that not really matter in this case? Thoughts?

Golden Parachutes

Dustin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:31:00 +0000

An interesting table of the all-time biggest CEO payouts.