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Renewable Energy Jobs
Renewable energy has created about 7.7 million jobs worldwide, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Solar and biofuels each created about 3 million jobs. China is the...
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20 Highest Paid Musicians in 2015
Taylor Swift led the way earning over $73 million in 2015, according to Billboard. Kenny Chesney and the Rolling Stones were 2nd and 3rd, each earning just under $40 million. All three, along with...
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Malaria’s Worldwide Decline
Malaria deaths are down 48% worldwide between 2000 and 2015, based on data provided by the World Health Organization. Malaria cases are also down, but only 18%. Both malaria cases and deaths are now...
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Modern Slavery by Country and Region
There are almost 46 million people in modern slavery throughout the world, according to data from the Global Slavery Index. Over 2/3 of all people in modern slavery are in Asia with 55% in four in...
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Spending for Father’s and Mother’s Day
Americans spend over about 50% more on Mother’s Day than on Father’s Day gifts. According to surveys from the National Retail Foundation, we will have spent $21.4 billion on Mother’s Day and only...
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Brexit Dashboard
Given today’s historic vote in the UK on whether to remain in or leave the EU, I decided to pull together a few charts into a single slide that would help frame the issue. The first two charts address...
View ArticleState Sin Tax Collections
States rely on tobacco, alcohol and gambling taxes for 4% of their total revenue. The states, however, tax these sins very differently. Nevada is the biggest outlier. It raises 15% of its revenue...
View ArticleMekko Graphics 7.0.400.422 Release Notes
Mekko Graphics 7.0.400.422 Release Notes Overview – This release is a minor update to 7.0.300.409. The performance issues were fixed. Note that this release is compatible with Mac Office 2011 and 2016,...
View ArticleThe 10 Richest US Counties
Based on the average income of the top 1%, the richest counties have either very large or very small populations with Manhattan and Teton, Wyoming leading the two size categories. The less populous,...
View ArticleChocolate Production and Consumption
Cocoa production is concentrated in a few African, South American and Asian countries with almost 3/4 of all cocoa produced in Africa. Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana are by far the world’s two largest...
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Heatmap?
A user recently asked us how to make a chart comparing the size of different financial asset types and then coloring the chart based on a secondary variable, flow by asset type (colors moving from dark...
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Networks with the Most Emmy Nominations
There’s a great deal of excellent television spread over many broadcast, cable and online networks. This fragmented TV landscape is reflected in the 2016 Emmy nominations. HBO led the way with almost...
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Apple’s Quarterly Revenue Results Explained
Apple reported that its Q3 2016 revenue was down to $42B from almost $50B in 2015. The cascade charts below show that the revenue decrease was mostly due to a decrease in iPhone revenue and due to a...
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Web Services’ Contribution to Amazon’s Revenue and Profits
Cloud computing, in the form of Amazon’s Web Services (AWS), is a major contributor to Amazon’s revenue and especially its profitability. The chart below, based on Q2 2016 data from the company, shows...
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Olympic Medals by Country
While 207 countries marched in the Parade of Nations within the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, the chances are that a small subset will win most of the medals. Overall, ten...
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Return on USOC Investment by Sport
The U.S. is currently dominating the medal count in Rio. Bloomberg published a story earlier this month analyzing the USOC’s investment in various sports. We used that data to create this bar mekko...
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How many voters selected Trump and Clinton?
You may be surprised to see that a very small segment of the U.S. population voted for either Trump or Clinton in the primaries. In this marimekko, you can see that only 60M Americans voted in the...
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Top 10 Countries for Immigrants
Since immigration is a global hot topic, I decided to compare the share of the foreign-born population across the leading countries, based on the total number of immigrants. You can see in this bar...
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How much do tennis players earn in the US Open?
As we approach the final weekend of the 2016 US Open tennis tournament, all eyes are on the top seeds, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams. Winners of the singles titles will each receive $3.5M in prize...
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