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4 indicators in Gapminder World have been updated

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:03:54 +0000

The following indicators have been updated by using the latest World Bank WDI data. Extremely high and low values have been “disabled” in the graph, just in order to show the overall pattern of the world development.

1. Level 1 [Economy]
Military expenditure (% of GDP) graph

2. Level 1 [Economy]
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) graph

3. Level 1 [Births and deaths]
Population growth (annual %) graph

4. Level 1 [Population]
Level 2 [Urbanization]
Urban population growth (annual %) graph

2008 United States data updating

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:17:49 +0000

In the following indicators, 2008 United States data was missing for 2008 due to availability problem, and therefore a 3-year average has been applied (from 2005 to 2007) as the 2008 data, because these 3 indicators have been quite stable during the last several years. 1. Agriculture, contribution to economy (% of GDP) 2. Industry, contribution to Read more ...

World Bank indicators updated in Gapminder World

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:13:49 +0000

The following indicators in Gapminder World have been updated from the new data provided by the World Bank:
*Agricultural land (% of land area)
*Agriculture, contribution to economy (% of GDP)
*Arms exports (constant 1990 US$)
*Arms imports (constant 1990 US$)
*Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
*Broadband subscribers
*Broadband subscribers (per 100 people)
*CO2 intensity of economic output (kg CO2 per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)
*Contraceptive use (% of women ages 15-49)
*Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
*External debt, total (% of GNI)
*External debt, total (DOD, current US$)
*Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
*Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP)
*Forest area (sq. km)
*High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
*Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
*Imports unit value (index, 2000=100)
*Income growth (per person growth in GDP, %)
*Industry, contribution to economy (% of GDP)
*Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
*Malnutrition, weight for age (% of children under 5)
*Market value of listed companies (% of GDP)
*Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
*Population in urban agglomerations > 1 million (% of total population)
*Roads, paved (% of total roads)
*Services, contribution to economy (% of GDP)
*Surface area (sq. km)
*Tax revenue (% of GDP)
*Total reserves (% of external debt)
*Urban population
*Urban population (% of total)

New data blog

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:47:36 +0000

Here we will post short notices of all updates, revisions and additions we make to the data. Notices of earlier (major) data updates are still available at:
www.gapminder.org/news/

Population growth explained with IKEA boxes

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:23:32 +0000

About the video

Explaining population growth requires simplification, but not oversimplification.
In this TED video, Hans Rosling explains why ending poverty – over the coming decades – is crucial to stop population growth. Only by raising the living standards of the poorest, in an environmentally-friendly way, will population growth stop at 9 billion people in 2050.

Rosling’s World – a documentary about Hans Rosling

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:06:48 +0000

About the Documentary

A 55-minute documentary about Hans Rosling’s life & thoughts. Hans Rosling is a professor in international health. His presentations on global development evokes laughter, rejoice and reflections. He wants everyone to question their prejudices about the world – as he himself has needed to do. A documentary by Pär Fjällström, SVT.

(With subtitles in English)

Gapminder Desktop user experiences

hans — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:10:00 +0000

ReadWriteWeb has published a long, useful and thoughtful comment on their experiences of Gapminder Desktop – we think this comment can be useful for many users to read! Go to:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/setting_data_free_with_gapminder.php

Gapminder Desktop can be downloaded from here:
www.gapminder.org/desktop/

Comment via feedback tag on left side

hans — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:53:24 +0000

The feedback tag (on the left side of our webpages) brings you to Gapminder service forum on “Get Satisfaction”.
http://getsatisfaction.com/gapminder/questions/recent
This forum is by now so much used that we today switch of the many diverse comment features below our products and services. Our hope is that this facilitates for you to access the community-powered support and user views as well as for us to respond swifter.

Sweden peaked in teen births 1966

hans — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:41:23 +0000

Gapminder World now has an updated indicator for Teen Fertility Rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19). We have added time series for Sweden since 1800 and for US since 1940. Click the link and see the interesting peak in births among teenagers in Sweden in 1966. The drop coincide with the arrival of the pill.
www.bit.ly/dpWo2V

Follow the World Cup in Gapminder

Staffan — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:36:37 +0000

32 countries qualified to the Football World Cup in South Africa. In Gapminder World Cup you can see how they score on some football- as well as development indicators.

Statistics isn’t everything
Brazil is the highest ranked team in the world according to FIFA:s ranking. They have 26 times as many registered football players in the country as North Korea, the lowest ranked team in the World Cup. In spite of that, North Korea managed to score a goal and Brazil only won by 2-1. See this in Gapminder World Cup.

Who will qualify to the second round?
Europe got a bit of a bad start while the Americas were quite successful. Halfway through the qualifying round, the map looks like this:

Blue countries are first or second place in the group (in the qualifying position) and red means no qualification halfway into the qualifying leg. Follow the development here.