World Bank Dataviz

How has the number of people living in extreme poverty changed?

The treemap above (interactive version here) illustrates how the number and distribution of people living in extreme poverty has changed between 1990 and 2013. The reduction in the number of poor in East Asia and Pacific is dramatic, and despite the decline in the Sub-Saharan Africa’s extreme poverty rate to 41 percent in 2013, the region’s population growth means that 389 million people lived on less than $1.90/day in 2013 - 113 million more than in 1990

The World Bank is pleased to release the 2017 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals. With over 150 maps and data visualizations, the new publication charts the progress societies are making towards the 17 SDGs.

Year in Review: 2016 in 12 Charts

via The World Bank Blog 

Between the social, political, and economic upheavals affecting our lives, and the violence and forced displacement making headlines, you’d be forgiven for feeling gloomy about 2016. A look at the data reveals some of the challenges we face but also the progress we’ve made toward a more peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future. Here are 12 charts that help tell the stories of the year.

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Where is it easiest to do business?

via World Bank Data Blog

Doing Business 2017 finds that 137 economies worldwide implemented 283 business regulatory reforms last year. This represents an increase of more than 20% over the previous year. Areas of reform include starting a business, paying taxes, getting credit and registering property. 

In 2017 the 10 top ranked easiest places to do business are:

1 New Zealand
2 Singapore
3 Denmark
4 Hong Kong SAR, China
5 Korea, Rep
6 Norway
7 United Kingdom
8 United States
9 Sweden
10 Macedonia, FYR

Most refugees don’t live in camps

via World Bank Data Blog

About a quarter of the world’s refugees live in camps. They are largely concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Most refugees in other regions live in individual accommodation. Forced displacement is largely and increasingly an urban phenomenon, with refugees living in cities and towns where they seek security, anonymity, better access to services, and job opportunities. Read more in the new report  “Forcibly Displaced: Toward a development approach supporting refugees, the internally displaced, and their hosts”

How does obesity vary between men and women?

via Max Galka

There are some clear patterns by region. In Europe and the U.S., obesity rates for men and women are roughly equal. In southern African countries, Women have obesity rates that are on average 20% higher than obesity rates for men.

Via Max Galka at Metrocosm

Countries with the largest populations: 1950 - 2060

via Aron Strandberg

The world’s youngest populations are in Africa

via The World Bank Data Blog

A third of the world’s population is under 20 years old. But some countries are younger than others. In around 40 African countries, over 50% the population is under 20. By contrast, in 30 richer countries, less than 20% of the population is under 20. Data via UN World Population Prospects.

Infant mortality gradually decreased during the last 20 years

This graph shows how the level of infant mortality has gradually decreased during the years 1992-2012. The graph also illustrates the association between Quality of Government and Infant mortality rate. Over the two decades most countries with high level of Quality of Government had low level of infant mortality rate.  

The graph was created using the QoG Data Visualization Tool. Source: The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan16.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Over a billion people smoke worldwide.

via World Bank Data Blog 

Tobacco use kills 6 million people a year - that’s one person every six seconds.

If left unchecked, this number could rise to 8 million a year by 2030. It’s why efforts such as plain packaging laws highlighted in this year’s World No Tobacco Day are so important.

Read more in “The global state of smoking in 5 charts”

What does a year of cargo shipping look like?

via https://www.shipmap.org/

You can see movements of the global merchant fleet over the course of 2012, overlaid on a bathymetric map. You can also see a few statistics such as a counter for emitted CO2 (in thousand tonnes) and maximum freight carried by represented vessels (varying units).