New "indicator" to make it possible to display years by colors
A new indicator called “year 1950-” has been added (you find it under “other”).
It simply shows the year, i.e. when we look at data for 1960 the indicator will be 1960 for all countries.
By using this indicator for the color of the bubbles (which you do in the top right corner of the graph) and using Read more …
Posted in News | Tagged color, indicator, New indicators, years
New Indicator: Public & private health expenditure (% of GDP)
On request we now add the new indicator “Public & private health expenditure (% of GDP)”.
It shows how big share of the average person’s income is being spent on health care, whether it is through the tax they pay, the health insurance they have or through out-of pocket expenses.
Here the indicator is compared with Infant Mortality Read more …
Posted in News | Tagged expenditure, gdp, health, New indicators
New indicator: growth in income per person
On request we now add the new indicator ”Growth in income per person (% per year)”, defined as the annual growth in Gross Domestic Product per person (percent increase from one year to next). It covers the period 1961-2005.
Note: this indicator is not necessary fully consistent with the “Income per person” indicator since different sources has Read more …
Posted in News | Tagged growth, income per person, New indicators
Population updated and expanded
The indicator population has been updated and expanded to cover more countries and territories and a longer time span. It now covers 251 countries and territories, including all of the 192 UN member states. 205 of them have data going back to at least 1820 (and 51 goes back as far as 1600).
Furthermore, the documentation Read more …
Posted in News | Tagged Corrections & updates, population, population data, population of the world
Income per person (fixed PPP$) for Iceland corrected
The data for Iceland after 1975 was incorrect for “income per person (fixed PPP$)”. This has now been corrected. Thanks to Björn Helgason for pointing out the error.
Posted in News | Tagged Corrections & updates, iceland, income per person
New blog for Gapminder World
This is a new blog for Gapminder World, the site lets you explore a changing world from your own computer. Gapminder World is powered by Trendalyzer, a software produced by Gapminder (and aquired by Google in March 2007) that lets you look at a number of indicators of Human Development in a way that is Read more …
Posted in News | Tagged blog, More news
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