World Bank Dataviz

Life expectancy decreased between 1990 and 2013 in these countries

via Ramon Martinez

People from most of the Regions and Countries of the World will live longer in 2013 compared to 1990, but which are those Regions and Countries that decreased their lifespan in that same period? 

via Ramon Martinez with Data from IHME

A cartogram of countries resized by population in 2015

via TeaDranks on Reddit

This cartogram map re-sizes countries based on their population. Data from multiple sources and years via Wikipedia.

How is Brazil’s Energy Produced and Consumed?

via IDB 

The IDB´s Energy Database provides an entirely new way of understanding energy in the 21st century. Created by the Energy Innovation Center it shows at a glance how countries in Latin America and the Caribbean produce and use energy by displaying complex data in a visually compelling format.

Data from IDB calculations based on IEA data and other sources. 

Employment Rates for US Women declined to 69% in 2013 

via The New York Times

As recently as 1990, the United States had one of the top employment rates in the world for women, but it has now fallen behind many European countries. After climbing for six decades, the percentage of women in the American work force peaked in 1999, at 74 percent for women between 25 and 54. It has fallen since, to 69 percent today.

Data from the OECD

4 Decades of US College Majors in 1 Graph

via NPR

A great interactive chart of how the popularity of US college subjects have varied over time. Data from The National Center for Education Statistics

What would all the world’s wealth ($241 trillion) look like as a cube of gold?

via Waitbutwhy

Data from multiple sources including The World Bank and Credit Suisse (PDF Report)

As People Become Richer, They Consume More Space

via The Economist

In much of the world people born in cities, or who came to cities young, are moving out, and incomers from the country do not manage, or aspire, to live right in the centre of their chosen city. Even as their populations grow, the density of metropolitan areas is dropping all around the developing world.

Interactive map via The Economist and data from The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Progress: 721 million fewer people worldwide lived in extreme poverty in 2010 than in 1981

via Vox

But overall, the decline over the centuries is remarkable. “World poverty has fallen from an estimate of well above 80 percent in the beginning of the 19th century,” the World Bank report finds, “to under 20 percent today.”

Also see Vox’s 26 charts and maps to be thankful for.

How do literacy rates vary between Indian States?

via World Bank Data Blog

The World Bank recently launched Open India, a new web-based app that includes State-level data on subjects including literacy rates, poverty, electricity capacity and school enrollment ratios. Data from the Country Partnership Strategy for India (FY2013-17) 

Which way do the world’s winds blow?

by Esri

Using data from NOAA’s Global Forecast System (GFS), this interactive map from Esri visualizes wind flows around the world.

Similarly Windyty take the same GFS Data and produces an interactive map with controls for time and the ability to select which wind altitude is displayed: