Many people are struggling to make ends meet in America. And it's not just because of debt. The cost of living in America is remarkably high in many of its major cities, especially when...
It is hard to represent our spherical world on flat piece of paper. Cartographers use something called a "projection" to morph the globe into 2D map. The most popular of these is the Mercator...
Big Data techniques and data from over 300,000 cellphone users living in Barcelona, duly aggregated and anonymized, provided the basis for a new map of commuting patterns in the city. Specifically,...
An analysis of the transactions of the teams playing the 2014 Winter National Tournament. Where do new players come from? What new reinforcements have arrived in the country? Explore these and more...
Every year, the World Economic Forum brings together all the most recognisable figures in business and politics. With all eyes on Davos, we decided to turn the optics upside down and see who...
Less than 1% of the people on earth control a staggering 44% of the available wealth.
In fact the top 80 richest people in the world have the same combined wealth as 50% of the World's...
Meet the Millennials: one of the largest generations in history is about to move into its prime spending years. Millennials are poised to reshape the economy; their unique experiences will...
The UK’s electricity generating sites and sub-sea interconnectors. Only currently operating sites of 1 megawatt (MW) capacity or larger are included. The size of the circles is proportional to site...
D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS. D3’s emphasis on web standards gives you the full capabilities of...
If you suffer a permanent injury on the job, you’re typically entitled to compensation for the damage to your body and your future lost wages. But depending on the state, benefits for the same...
BBC Howzstat! is a publishing system and new video format for Cricket World Cup match wrap-ups that incorporates automated data graphics and a unified visual style. Due to the need for daily...
The globe of economic complexity dynamically maps out the entire world production of goods to create an economic landscape of countries around the globe.
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Something important you'll notice: as more outside groups get involved in the war, each escalates by backing their side, then a rival will also get involved to back the other side. So what you have...
The Clinical Centre in Ljubljana, capital city of Slovenija, is home to one of the leading cardiocurgial teams in the world. They have been chosen to take part in the clinical trials of the...
Our World In Data covers a wide range of topics and visualizes the empirical evidence of how living standards changed over the last decades, centuries, and millennia.
The artwork shows the 25 richest DJs in the world in 2015. For each it is shown: the nation of belonging, the genre according to the English version of Wikipedia, on x-axis the millions of...
Men now outnumber women on the planet by 60 million, the highest ever recorded. Preference for sons in India and China is driving the trend, but those two countries are not the only ones struggling...
The subject of refugees and migrants is extremely sensitive and confusing. Who, why, when and how many? Should governments dictate the amount of migrants coming into Europe and where they should...
This data visualisation shows programmes that were broadcast on the BBC in 2013 and 2014, and it shows the people who helped to make those programmes who worked in off-screen roles.
The Guardian began investigating Homan Square, a secretive Chicago police warehouse, in February 2015. After launching a transparency lawsuit, the Guardian has forced the Chicago police...