Visualizing Economic Activity

by HASH on January 29, 2007

The Geographically based economic data project is a study by Yale University that captures economic data by country and maps it. (read more)

Below is a map showing economic activity by country. Click on the map to watch the full flash movie on their website.

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1 AfroM 01.29.07 at 12:12 pm: Wow. How very cool. They even make the economic data they used available …
http://gecon.yale.edu/data.php?country=Kenya
2 HASH 01.29.07 at 12:21 pm: Yeah, this is a wide open set of data with which to have a lot of fun.
3 Ssembonge 01.29.07 at 8:49 pm: I don’t know what data they used but I find it hard to believe that western Kenya and Rift Valley produces more economic activity than Mombasa. For crying out loud, Mombasa has an oil refinery, habor, tourist attractions among other large industries.
Same applies for CA, one of the world’s largest economies.
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5 mohsina saleem 09.22.08 at 2:02 am: very interesting data analysis. quit easy &cover all point in one . it shows lots of fun &enjoyment