Making the world a richer place #onelesspie #PiDay

Xan Gregg and I have been at it for a number of years. To celebrate Pi Day today, I am ridding the world of one pie chart.

Here is a pie chart that is found on Wikipedia:

Here is the revised chart:

It's been designed to highlight certain points of interest.

I find the data quite educational. These are some other insights that are not clear from the revised chart:

• Japan's economy is larger than Germany's
• Russia's economy is smaller than that of Germany, Italy, India, Brazil, or South Korea
• China and Japan combined have GDP (probably) larger than Western Europe
• Turkey, Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa are in the Top 20

PS. Xan re-worked a radar chart this year. (link)

 

 

Comments

[Heath]

This chart is very nice but I think you missed an opportunity to highlight the size of the EU as a block

[Travis Hill]

@Heath The EU as a block? Not adding them to the chart means not having to remove them in five years when the EU folds.

[Yuan]

It is a nice Chart to explain the world economy more clearly, especially the revised chart.

[Shnap]

Hey nice rework! Was this done in R? if so is the code available?