It is no surprise that wealthy, industrialized nations consistently perform well on indicators of government-influenced social progress. It is more interesting to examine countries' performance on...

Al-Quran, or the Holy Quran, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad more than 1400 years ago. Despite being unchanged since then, very little exploration has previously been made to the statistical...

Some of the largest companies in America are also those leading the charge toward a more sustainable future, according to a joint report by Calvert Research, WWF, CDP, and Ceres. Today’s...

Following far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s success in winning through to the second round of France’s presidential election, Reuters took a closer look at European parliamentary elections and their...

The government aims to reduce deaths by a third over the next ten years.

A visual representation of how Brexit began to fragment Prime Minister Theresa May's party over time. After analysing the voting patterns of 650 members of British parliament on how they swayed,...

Some names sound familiar, like Stephen Bannon and Donald Trump Jr., but most don’t.

Rohingya Muslims have been fleeing apartheid-like conditions in northwestern Myanmar for decades. A recent military operation drew allegations of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity and...

In early 2019, The Economist built a demographic model using 90,000 individual survey responses from YouGov to calculate an individual’s probable attitude to each of three possible Brexit options:...

Our country has always been divided over great contrasts. For some years the ancient North-South dualism has returned to growth, certified in the 2018 elections by the double electoral victory...

If Venezuela hadn’t introduced a new Bolivar note and removed five zeros from the currency a stack of notes to pay the minimum wage would have stood almost 20 metres high. We use visual comparisons...

The project gives a new perspective on the world and the »Democracy Index« by The Economist. Usually, we compare countries on a map. This is reasonable as their geographical position and shape is...

The extent to which guns from states that are better for gun owners are used in crimes in states less friendly to gun owners is a topic of much study. We explore the same question visually using...

With this real-time data visualization project I try to address one of the hottest topics in today's Italian politics: is it true that Matteo Salvini (deputy PM and Minister of Internal Affairs)...

Producers of heavy and medium sour crude oil grades like Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Iraq are among the winners from US sanctions aimed at Iranian shipments. This sankey graphic looks at which...

Some countries (most of them "great" democracies) invest a lot of money in their military spending and the production / transfer of arms. I used processing (well, p5.js) to visualise the top 10...

Only one year of school can not only change the life of an individual, but have significant impact on the whole world, making it a better place.

Using maps and infographics, this publication shows water-related challenges and how these link to Sustainable Development Goals, quality of life, migration and conflict risks. The visualizations...

Cable news is a major source of information for millions of Americans. But the story you get depends on the channel you watch.

A tilegram map of the world showing which countries are the biggest spenders on public health, compared to Gross National Income. Each country is also measured on health indicators.

The markets have always been influenced by a series of external factors. But how, and in what manner? This infographic compares the impact of one main event per month on the monthly closure of the...

Matchstick graphs of max. daily temperatures for summer 2017-18 (left) and 2018-19 (right).