Free statistics for democracy
From a talk by Hans Rosling at the Prince Mahidol Award conference 2010. Produced by health metric network.
Human rights & democracy statistics
Human Rights & Democracy data correlates poorly with progress in Health and Wealth.
Prostate Cancer Statistics
Prostate cancer, most common in the US. Overdiagnosis or not?
Shanghai, New York, Mumbai
Is Shanghai healthier than New York? And how do Washington D.C. and Mumbai rank?
Life expectancy at birth updated and expanded
We have made an update of the indicator Life expectancy at birth. To see this indicator together with Income per capita, follow this link. The biggest change is that we now show this indicator for 155 countries back to 1800, although in most cases, the early estimates are based on a very rough model. This Read more …
The seemingly impossible is possible
Hans Rosling’s 2007 TED-speech makes the seemingly impossible possible.
Awards
Here are some of the awards and nominations of Gapminder Foundaition, it’s softwares and staff. Year Award Description 2012 Årets Svensk i Världen, Svenskar i Världen / Swedes Abroad (SVIV) Hans Rosling 2012 Editor’s Pick Award, Mac.Informer.Com Gapminder Desktop 2012 The 100 Most Influential People in the World Hans Rosling 2011 Grierson Award, Best Science Read more …
Our mission
Fighting devastating ignorance with fact-based worldviews everyone can understand. Gapminder is a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Gapminder was founded in Stockholm by Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Hans Rosling on February 25, 2005. Gapminder is Read more …
Documentation
Gapminder Documentation describes the methods, sources and data used to produce the various datasets of gapminder. The data itself is available through excel files. There is normally one documentation for each indicator, but sometimes several indicators are described in one documentation. Each documentation has a version number. Whenever we update the data or make other Read more …
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Can I buy the software to make my own animations? What software does Gapminder use to create online surveys? I would like to suggest a new indicator for Gapminder World I have data, can Gapminder help me to share it? Can I download Gapminder World? How do I use Gapminder graphics in my presentation? What Read more …
