European GDP in 2012
Use this diagram to explain that it is important to think carefully about what variables to display or analyse. Sometimes a ratio or difference between variables is more meaningful.
Select GDP and Population from the pop-up menu to display these variables on the map. The resulting maps indicates little more than which countries are large and small. GDP per capita is more informative:
GDP per capita = | Country's total GDP |
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Population |
Select GDP per capita from the pop-up menu to see the richest countries.
(Also see the other related examples in the General and African versions of this page — click the triangle at the top right of this page to select alternative versions of any page.)