Unemployment rate
See which state of US has the highest unemployment rate over the last 3 decades.
Immigrants
See which state of US is the most attractive to foreign immigrants in 2005.
South was poorer, but not any longer
See development of all states of US from 1929 to 2006.
After several months of testing, a new service of Gapminder is now available.
During the process of development, different geographical regions within the same country could have very different speed of development, and this may cause significant internal gaps. By using statistics animation technology, these gaps could be visualized and the change over time could also be displayed. For example, you could compare the development of Utah from US and Shanghai from China during the last 3 decades: Utah vs Shanghai
We would strongly recommended that you read the “PDF tutorial” and the “Caveat” to the left of the graph first.
We have used some additional sources to add more data to the indicator “Life expectancy at birth”. You can now follow several European countries from the 19th century and India, Sri Lanka and USA from the beginning of the 20th century. Data for Taiwan, which has previously been missing for this indicator, is now available from 1928. See Taiwan almost catch up with Australia, in both life expectancy and income. Or follow Sweden for 206 years of health history, with decreasing infant mortality and increasing life expectancy, as income also increases (income is seen as bubble color in this example).
Access to the data and information on sources can always be found (for all indicators) by clicking the symbols next to the indicator name on the axis.
