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Rosling on “100 top global thinker”-list

Export user — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:17:22 +0000

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. Hans Rosling comments the list on his Twitter-feed: “One of 100 top global thinker, Honored, but instead of #96 I had rather been placed after Valerie Hudson (#97). Rosling is honored at #96 [...]

Visualizing Swedish development aid

Export user — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:25:04 +0000

How can Swedish bi- and multilateral development cooperation be visualized? The Swedish Agency for Development Evaluation (SADEV) maintains a database with time series data on Swedish bi- and multilateral aid allocation. Using Gapminder bubble graphs, and free tools from IBM, we’re illustrating some aspects of this data in “Gapminder Labs”: Gapminder Labs: Visualizing Swedish development aid The illustrations help [...]

Hans Rosling: Asia’s rise – how and when (TEDIndia)

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:43:53 +0000

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

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:16:45 +0000

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. The video will soon be availabe here on Gapminder.org, but until then it can be watched at TED.com. » See video at TED.com No tags for this post.

Open Lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:18:23 +0000

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”. The lecture is given in Swedish and moderated by the science journalist Jan-Olov Johansson Date: Monday 23 November, 2009 Time: 19:00 – [...]

New: Country graphs in Google search

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:54:02 +0000

Back in April Google launched a search function for US public data with interactive graphing. Today, Google has made this feature much more useful with the inclusion of 17 indicators from the World Bank, including the number of internet users, life expectancy, and a host of other indicators for most of the world’s countries. Click this [...]

New data: Dramatic increase in girls’ age of marriage

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:36:28 +0000

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). Arab women who used to [...]

New bubble graph: Gapminder Agriculture

Staffan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:24 +0000

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

Staffan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:49:41 +0000

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

Staffan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:57:47 +0000

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 [...]

TED and Reddit’s 10 questions to Hans Rosling

Staffan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:02:44 +0000

10 questions to Hans The Internet community Reddit.com got to ask questions to Hans Rosling. Here is his answers.

TED-talk: Let my dataset change your mindset

Staffan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:16:06 +0000

TED-talk at the US State Department, summer 2009. Global trends over the last 200 years, the development of the HIV/AIDS-epidemic and how China is catching up.

Open lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)

Staffan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:15:51 +0000

Note: Date already passed. On Tuesday, 8 September, Hans Rosling will give an open lecture at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The lecture will be in Swedish and the title is “Blir världen bättre?” – (Is the world becoming a better place?). When: Tuesday, 8 September, 19.00 Place: KI Campus Solna, Berzelius väg 3 Room: Sal Jacob Berzelius (fomer [...]

TV-documentary on Hans Rosling now with subtitles

Staffan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:46:46 +0000

In the next 30 days you can see the Swedish TV-documentary: Rosling’s World: The best statistics you’ve ever seen, with English subtitles, on the webpage of the Swedish Television. The documentary will be aired again on Swedish Television (SVT24) on Tuesday 18 August, 20.00 in Sweden (19.00 CET) and in conjunction with that the video [...]

Hans Rosling on Twitter…

Staffan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:39:22 +0000

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High income – rare in tropical land-locked countries

Staffan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:29:36 +0000

The role of geography for the prospects of development has been hotly debated the last decade. Economists, like Jeffrey Sachs, have suggested that a country that are situated in the tropics or that are landlocked face a much larger challenge in development, for a number of reasons. In Gapminder World, you can now explore two of [...]

Crisis narrows China-UK gap

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:57:56 +0000

200 years ago, United Kingdom was a leading nation of the world. See UK's journey to present time - and how China is closing in.

HIV: New facts and stunning data visuals

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:21:01 +0000

25 years of the HIV epidemic in easily understood graphics. Showing the big differences within Africa.

Swine flu alert! News/Death ratio: 8176

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:10:55 +0000

News/Death ratio for Swine flu and TB. Shows media hype and neglect, respectively!

Human rights & democracy statistics

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:01:17 +0000

Human Rights & Democracy statistics correlates poorly with progress in Health and Wealth.

200 years that changed the world

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:45:36 +0000

200 years of history in 4.5 minutes. Let Hans Rosling guide you through the developments of the last two centuries.

Lung Cancer Statistics

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:54:12 +0000

Lung Cancer Statistics, Iceland towards gender equity in lung cancer.

Prostate Cancer Statistics

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:41:58 +0000

Prostate cancer, most common in the US. Overdiagnosis or not?

Breast Cancer Statistics

Staffan — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:00:56 +0000

Breast Cancer increases with income But so does the chances of saving women with cancer.

Liver Cancer Statistics

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:34:10 +0000

Vaccination, but not high-income, can prevent liver cancer.