2009
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Rosling on “100 top global thinker”-list
Hans Rosling, founder and director of Gapminder, is one of the world’s “100 most important global thinkers” of 2009, according to Foreign Policy Magazine.
Visualizing Swedish development aid
Using Googles Motion Chart and tools from IBM, we have tried to visualize the data on Sweden’s development aid. The graphs can be found under Gapminder Labs.
Asia’s rise, how and when (TEDIndia)
Hans Rosling predicts the exact date India and China will have the same income per person as the US.
Asia’s rise – Hans Rosling at TEDIndia in new video
At TEDIndia, the first ever TED-conference in Asia, Hans Rosling spoke about the rise of Asia and showed how the region has developed over the last 150 years.
Open Lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)
Monday 23 November, Hans Rosling will give an open lecture at Uppsala University. The title of the lecture is “Civil War, Aid, Competition and Latte – a fact based view on four types of countries”.
New: Country graphs in Google search
From today, a simple google-search for certain development indicators from the World Bank directly generats a graph in a one-box.
New data: Dramatic increase in girls’ age of marriage
There are large differences across the world in the age at the first marriage for girls. Some regions have experienced a dramatic increase. This can be seen in the new dataset compiled by Gapminder.
Compare the “age at first marriage (girls)” with “children per woman” in Gapminder World (new window).
New bubble graph: Gapminder Agriculture
Which country has the biggest grain production? Who produce most fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee or other crops? And who raises most sheeps, cows, or other livestock?
Now you can see agricultural production in a complete new Gapminder Graph. With data from FAO, we have collected over 700 indicators to show how agricultural production has changed over the last 45 years.
Congo's income adjusted upwards in Gapminder World
Income per person for Democratic Republic of Congo has been revised. We have made an upward adjustment of the income for 2005 with 25%. We have also adjusted the growth rate from 1991 and on. Congo is still the poorest country in the world. The background and details of this adjustment are documented in our documentation, [...]
Children per women since 1800 in Gapminder World
The data for “Children per woman (total fertility)” has been updated to cover 195 countries from 1800-2008. It is now possible to see the entire “demographic transition” that most countries have followed: going from many children and short lives, too few children and long lives.
» Click here to see children per woman vs life expectancy in [...]