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.
October 2nd, 2009
Congo's income adjusted upwards in Gapminder World
Income per person for Democratic Republic of Congo has been revised. We have made an upward adjustment of the income for 2005 with 25%. We have also adjusted the growth rate from 1991 and on. Congo is still the poorest country in the world. The background and details of this adjustment are documented in our documentation, Read more …
October 1st, 2009
Children per women since 1800 in Gapminder World
The data for “Children per woman (total fertility)” has been updated to cover 195 countries from 1800-2008. It is now possible to see the entire “demographic transition” that most countries have followed: going from many children and short lives, too few children and long lives. » Click here to see children per woman vs life expectancy Read more …
September 2nd, 2009
Open lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)
Note: Date already passed. On Tuesday, 8 September, Hans Rosling will give an open lecture at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The lecture will be in Swedish and the title is “Blir världen bättre?” – (Is the world becoming a better place?). When: Tuesday, 8 September, 19.00 Place: KI Campus Solna, Berzelius väg 3 Room: Sal Read more …
August 17th, 2009
TV-documentary on Hans Rosling now with subtitles
In the next 30 days you can see the Swedish TV-documentary: Rosling’s World: The best statistics you’ve ever seen, with English subtitles, on the webpage of the Swedish Television. The documentary will be aired again on Swedish Television (SVT24) on Tuesday 18 August, 20.00 in Sweden (19.00 CET) and in conjunction with that the video Read more …
August 17th, 2009
Hans Rosling on Twitter…
June 3rd, 2009
High income – rare in tropical land-locked countries
The role of geography for the prospects of development has been hotly debated the last decade. Economists, like Jeffrey Sachs, have suggested that a country that are situated in the tropics or that are landlocked face a much larger challenge in development, for a number of reasons. In Gapminder World, you can now explore two Read more …
