Maps that explain the World
Maps to explain economic geography.
There are now 47 million millionaires spread throughout the globe, but the U.S. is home to the enormous majority of them, with about 19 million millionaires. That’s a colossal 40 percent of the world’s total.
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Around the world import a total of $19.87 trillion in goods and services every year. The United States is the world’s biggest importer, while China is the biggest exporter in the world.
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Mercer has published a rating that takes account of the costs of 200 different goods and services for nearly 500 global assignment destinations for expatriate workers.
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A map below displays which nations pollute the most disproportionately for their level of consumption and production.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis published data on the real purchasing power of $100 in different U.S. states and metropolitan areas.
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The American dream is defined as having uphill economic mobility. Being born poor, and dying in a higher economic class than you were born into.
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National net wealth is the total amount of the value of a nation’s assets minus its debts. It refers to the total value of net wealth owned by the residents of a nation.
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This infographic from finance site HowMuch.net made using data from Gold.org, gives us a better sense of which countries have the most gold reserves.
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8.5×11 has been around for more than a century. 8.27×11.69 was made an international standard in the 1970s. Most of Europe had already adopted it since the 20s.
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