Map created by Vivid Maps

The map above is an interesting way to re-imagine the world, using river basins as the borders for countries. From the author:

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Map created by Democracy Perception Index

The map above shows how democratic they feel their government and country to be.

The data comes from the Democracy Perception Index, and is not an objective measure of democracy but a subjective measure of how democratic they perceive their country as being.

Only about half the world (58%) says their country is democratic. Greece is considered the least democratic by its people (43%) out of all countries labeled as “free” democracies by Freedom House.

Most Democratic:

1. Israel – 83%
2. Vietnam – 81%
3. China – 79%

Least Democratic:

1. Iran – 25%
2. Venezuela – 30%
3. Hungary – 31%

And here’s how important democracy is as being:

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The map above and the maps below shows the oldest university in each country that is still operating today. It was created by Erudera, the world’s first education search engine backed by Artificial Intelligence.

Here are the top 10 oldest universities in the world by country, the year they were founded and where you can find them:

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Map created by The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o WaikatoThe map above shows how salty the water is around the world known as Ocean Salinity. The map above shows areas of high salinity (saltiness) in red and those with low salinity in blue.

Ocean salinity refers to the concentration of dissolved salts in seawater, typically measured in parts per thousand (ppt) or practical salinity units (PSU). The average salinity of ocean water is between 34 and 36 ppt, meaning that for every 1,000 grams of seawater, between 34 and 36 grams are salt.

Here is an another map showing the same phenomenon:

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Map created by Perrin RemontéThe Map above is title Many Seas Only One Ocean and is an example of Spilhaus World Ocean Map Projection with the addition of sea surface temperatures from 0°C – 25°C.

This type of map is also sometimes referred as a world map from a fish’s point of view.

From the map:

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Map created by Perrin RemontéThe map above shows how the world’s economic centre of gravity has shifter over the past 2,000+ years.

In the year 1 AD it was probably somewhere in around the borders between modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan.

1,000 years later and it barely shifted.

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Map Created By the Global Soil Biodiversity InitiativeApparently Nematodes are: “the most abundant animals on the planet.” And for every human on earth “there are 60 billion nematodes living in the soil.”

The map above shows where you can find them, although it uses an odd colour scheme where darker means fewer nematodes and lighter means more.

But what are nematodes?

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Map created by M.BittonThis map shows the major tectonic plates that make up Earth’s lithosphere.

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of solid rock that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them and move relative to one another.

The movement of these plates can cause earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain building, and ocean trench formation.

Here is an overview of each major plate shown in the map:

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Map created by reddit user PetevonPete

The map above shows which country is responsible for the largest defeat at men’s senior level association football. Interestingly, England appears most often on the map despite not winning a World Cup since 1966.

Flag indicates the winner in each country’s largest ever defeat in men’s senior-level association football.

If a country has lost by the same record margin multiple times, the most recent match is used.

For countries that no longer exist (e.g., Soviet Union, Yugoslavia), the official FIFA-recognized successor team is used.

The data comes from Wikipedia and was accurate as of 2022.

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