May 5th, 2008
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 Read more …
May 5th, 2008
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 Read more …
May 2nd, 2008
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.
April 14th, 2008
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 …
December 3rd, 2007
Turkey meets France
Turkey is definitely catching up in a public health perspective. See how it compares to France.
November 19th, 2007
Maternal mortality
How many women die every year during pregnancy and childbirth? Do we even know?
March 16th, 2007
Make sense of the world by having fun with statistics!
Gapminder and Google share an enthusiasm for technology that makes data easily accessible and understandable to the world. Gapminder’s Trendalyzer software unveils the beauty of statistics by converting boring numbers into enjoyable interactive animations. We believe that Google’s acquisition of Trendalyzer will speed up the achievement of this noble goal. Trendalyzer’s developers have left Gapminder Read more …
