Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above, created by OnDeck, shows which countries are the most entrepreneurial in the world.
They did this by using LinkedIn’s data to discover the locations at home and all over the world that count the highest proportions of business founders per 10,000 workers.
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The map above is an interesting way to re-imagine the world, using river basins as the borders for countries. From the author:
The map above shows which European countries consume the most wine per capita and which consume the least.
No surprise France is number 1 with 54 litres of wine per person per year, followed by Portugal (50L) and somewhat surprisingly Slovenia (44L).
At the other extreme you have Turkey (1L), Ukraine (3L) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (4L) consuming the least.
The map above shows just how big the German Economy is relative to it’s neighbours. The red and yellow regions above each have 2024 GDP of roughly $4.6 Trillion USD (according to the IMF).
However, the region in yellow has around 157 million people compared to Germany’s 84.6 million.
Here’s a breakdown by country:
The Ivy League is a group of eight private colleges and universities in the north-eastern United States, known for their high academic standards, selective admissions, and rich histories.
While the term originally referred to the athletic conference formed in 1954, it has come to symbolize a certain level of prestige and excellence in higher education.
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:
Least Democratic:
And here’s how important democracy is as being:
The map above shows the best Mexican chain in each US state and comes from CashNetUSA.
They looked at the following chains:
The map above shows the best Chicken chain in each US state and comes from CashNetUSA.
They looked at the following chains:
The map above shows the best Donut chain in each US state and comes from CashNetUSA.
They looked at the following chains:
The map above shows the best Pizza chain in each US state and comes from CashNetUSA.
They looked at the following chains: