March 12th, 2010
Google launches Data Explorer
Today Google launched “Public Data Explorer”, a new powerful visualization tool that lets you explore, visualize and share data in a “Gapminder-like” manner. It lets you explore statistics and create “Bubble-charts”, maps, bar- or line charts, to share on your blog or web page.
March 11th, 2010
A brand new Gapminder.org
As you can see, Gapminder’s web site has got a facelift, but also some helpful new features. Here are the most important new features that will help you explore the world with Gapminder.
December 1st, 2009
Rosling on “100 top global thinker”-list
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.
November 30th, 2009
Visualizing Swedish development aid
Using Googles Motion Chart and tools from IBM, we have tried to visualize the data on Sweden’s development aid. The graphs can be found under Gapminder Labs.
November 23rd, 2009
Asia’s rise – Hans Rosling at TEDIndia in new video
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.
November 23rd, 2009
Open Lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)
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”.
November 11th, 2009
New: Country graphs in Google search
From today, a simple google-search for certain development indicators from the World Bank directly generats a graph in a one-box.
October 14th, 2009
New bubble graph: Gapminder Agriculture
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.
