June 18th, 2008
Large number of new indicators added
We have added over 100 new indicators, covering a wide variety of topics in health, economics, inequality, technology, geography and more. Note: the indicator set is a “work in progress”, so expect indicators to be added and revised in the near future. Their names might also be revised and more detailed explanations will be added. Read more …
June 18th, 2008
Data for "Income per person" now also for 2006
The indicator “Income per person (fixed PPP$)” has been updated with new data for the year 2006 for 173 countries and territories. Here you can see the graph for 2006. This data was based on the real growth rate, taken from World Development Indicators 2008, linked to the Income per person at 2003. At the Read more …
June 11th, 2008
Minor bug corrected
We have corrected a minor bug related to the “link to this graph” function. Those who had selected specific countries to be displayed with trails might have found that other countries were selected instead. However, the correct data was always displayed for each bubble.
May 23rd, 2008
New territory
The former state “United Korea” has been added as a possible territory in Gapminder World. So far the only indicator with any data for this territory is population. Note for members in the Gapminder world community: the formal name-match name for this area is “Korea, United”, and the borders corresponds to North and South Korea.
May 21st, 2008
Download indicators to excel
It is now possible to download each of the indicators in gapminder world to excel. Simply go to the list of current indicators in Gapminder World and click the link “download indicator to excel”, which you find in the sixth column. Note that the row heights of the cells are not automatically adjusted in the downloaded Read more …
May 12th, 2008
New “indicator” to display years by colors 1820-2010
A new indicator called “years 1820-2010″ has been added (you find it under “other”). It is similar to the indicator “year 1950-”, i.e. it simply displays the year, with the only difference that this one covers a longer period. This is more suitable if you want to look at longer periods, e.g. air pollution and Read more …
May 9th, 2008
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 Read more …
May 6th, 2008
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 Read more …
