Indicators
We are constantly updating the list of Indicators in Gapminder World, and we are trying to make the coverage as complete as possible. As of today we have several indicators covering all UN member states plus a number of other territories. Several of these indicators go back to 1800, and a few go further back to 1600.
For suggestions on new indicators please send an e-mail to info@gapminder.org or leave a comment on this blog.
You can find a full list of the current indicators in Gapminder World in the link below (and the option to download the list into Excel). In the indicatorlist you can also find links to the data for each of the indicators, as well as the option to download each of the indicators into Excel.
List of current indicators in Gapminder World
Download the “indicator list” to excel
We have also three separate graphs for sub-national units (”Gaps within”). They are based on three separate lists of datasets. These can be accessed below:
List of current indicators in “Gaps within Big 4″
List of current indicators in “Gaps within USA”
List of current indicators in “Gaps within China”
Tip: If you have problems in finding a specific indicator in Gapminder World, use the link above to download the indicator list to excel. Then you can use the search functions in excel to find out under which heading the indicator is located. Then you go to the graph and, by clicking on the axis, finding the indicator you are looking for.
Curious to know why Israel isn’t represented here?
It was due to a small technical error which have now been corrected. Israel is now showing up in the graph again.
Thanks for noticing!
/Staffan, Gapminder
Hej! I would like to know the percentage of women compared to men in different countries. Most interesting is the fertile ages, e.g. 15-45. If the percentage of women is decreasing, the amount of babies born would be fewer although the total fertility is the same. It would be interesting to get some idea of how big the role of decreasing amount of women is, and in which countries.
Is it possible to obtain data on the number of primary care providers, not just physicians, per 1000 population? If not that, how about obtaining the ratio of primary care providers to specialists? In the US, apparently there is an inverse ratio as compared with most other industrialized countries, i.e., 40% primary care providers vs. 60% specialists, whereas in most other countries it is 60% primary care providers vs. 40% specialists. At least this is the conventional belief. It would be nice if substantiating data were available and organized as an indicator. It could lead to some interesting comparisons with regard to some of the key health outcome indicators, e.g., life expectancy and childhood mortality.
First of all I would like to congratulate all involved in this extraordinary project – Aside from the obvious utility of such a tool, I find something literally awesome about the presentation of data in this way. Thank you for the many lives that may be enriched by this powerful software.
Would it be possible to include indicators relating to key religions practiced in certain countries/percentage of population etc? I would be particularly interested in the relationships between religions and women in workforce/education; religion and AIDS; and religion and contraception.
Thank you, Altissima.
Hey, it would be great to have some indicators of economic or political regime type – like Freedom House ratings, Polity IV ratings, and other measures of democracy. Many studies explore the connections between regime types and the variables already included in your list. I would be willing to help set up any databases.
This is my favourite homepage:-) Great to see that you have included forest and agricultural area in the indicator list! Indicators of land tenure would also be valuable (for example % private versus state ownership for forest area). Also information of energy systems would be usefel, i.e. proportion of energy that comes from firewood. I (and colleagues att SLU) would be interested to further develop forest related indicators in Trendalyzer. We have good possibilities to finance such work through our cooperation with SIDA and FAO concerning development of future Forest Resource Assesments.
It would be good to have data on employment and unemployment rates.
I’m an architect and urban designer and just found out about this tool today and think it’s absolutely wonderful (and a great break away from boring slides on stats). I was curious if any research /work is being carried out on including real estate/construction as one of your indicators. I would particularly love to find out this information for the US, China, Singapore and Nigeria. Thanks