Number of Nuclear Tests Since 1945
North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on February, 2013. Two nuclear test preceded this one, the first in 2006, and the second in 2009. However, the nation that has performed the largest number...
View ArticleGun Shops in America
According to Statista.com, gun shops in the United States outnumber supermarkets, fast food restaurants, and coffee shops. With a total of 51,438 outlets as of 2012, the number of gun shops in the U.S....
View ArticleWomen in the Workforce by Country
It has been said, that if women participated in the workforce more actively, like their male counterparts, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of those countries would be higher. However, most countries,...
View ArticlePercentage of the Population Living on $2 or Less a Day
MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, conducted surveys in developing nations to see which countries survive on a few dollars per day. The cities or countries where people are known to...
View ArticleGasoline Spending by State in the U.S.
Mint.com tracked how much its users spend on gasoline in one month, and how many times they visit the pump in the same period across the United States. On average, Americans spend $177 on gas in single...
View ArticleKey Commodities and Emerging Markets
Commodities are raw materials essential for the production of more complex products. Commodities fall into three large categories: agricultural, energy, and metals. According to this visualization,...
View ArticleWorld Production of Rare Earth Metals
Rare earth metals or rare earth elements are a collection of seventeen chemical elements located at the bottom of the periodic table. They are key elements in the manufacture of high technology...
View ArticleEconomic and Human Impact of Natural Disasters
This visualization by the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows the impact of natural disasters in the period 2000-2012. Between 2009 and 2011 the economic cost of disasters...
View ArticleThe United States vs. China
The Guardian created this comparison of the U.S. and China, comparing several indicators such as GDP growth, GDP per capita, carbon emissions, exports, literacy rate, unemployment rate, military...
View ArticleConsumption of Spirits by Country
The Economist compiled a visualization of the highest consumption of selected spirits worldwide. The selected spirits include vodka, rum, scotch whiskey, gin, and tequila. The largest consumer of vodka...
View ArticleThe Effect of Immunizations on Infectious Diseases
Vaccinations have helped decrease the number of cases of infectious diseases in the last 110 years. The bubble chart on the left shows the number of cases of infectious diseases in the United States in...
View ArticleGlobal Carbon Footprint by Country
This original visualization by Stanford Kay shows total carbon emissions by country. Using different colors to differentiate each region, the size of the circle depicts the carbon footprint of each...
View ArticleWorld Population Growth Over Time
World population growth accelerated in the last century. During the twentieth century alone, the number of people increased from 1.5 billion to 6 billion. In the year 1800 the world’s population had...
View ArticleViolence Against Women by World Region
In this chart published by The Economist we look at two sets of data about violence against women. The first one shows that more than a third (39%) of homicides of women around the world are committed...
View ArticleBasic Salary of Lawmakers by Country
How much lawmakers are paid is a sensitive issue especially in times of economic austerity, or in countries where the majority of the population lives in extreme poverty conditions. In this chart...
View ArticleU.S. Mobile Phone Subscribers Talk the Most
On average, U.S. mobile subscribers talk on the phone 356 minutes, or roughly 6 hours per month. That number is double that of the Turkey, and 4.5 times that of Germany. That estimate is the highest...
View ArticleOil Production and Consumption by Country
When it comes to oil production and consumption, countries have a very close relationship of interdependence with each other. Some countries consume more oil than what they produce relying on imports...
View ArticleStock Performance of Selected Internet Companies in 2013
The year 2013 has been a good year, so far, for selected internet companies. In this chart by Statista we can see the percentage change since January 2013 to July 12, 2013 for the stock performance of...
View ArticleDeaths from Organized Internal Conflict
The number of deaths as a result of internal armed conflicts has increased dramatically from 37,300 back in 2007 to 178,300 in 2012. Internal conflict is defined as armed conflict between two parties,...
View ArticleChina at the Top of Renewable Energy Investment
In 2012 China’s investment in renewable energy surpassed the investment by the United States for the previous year and for the same year. In fact, China’s is ahead every other nation including Germany,...
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