In 2019, nearly 70% of U.S. GDP was driven by personal consumption. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has initiated a transformation of consumer spending trends as we know them. Consumer Spending in Charts By leveraging new data from analytics platform 1010Data, today’s infographic dives into the credit and debit card spending of five million U.S. consumers over the past few months. Let’s see how their spending habits have evolved over that short timeframe: The...

View a more detailed version of the above map by clicking here In many Western countries, it’s easy to take press freedom for granted. Instances of fake news, clickbait, and hyper-partisan reporting are points of consternation in the modern media landscape, and can sometimes overshadow the greater good that unrestricted journalism provides to society. Of course, the ability to do that important work can vary significantly around the world. Being an investigative journalist in Sweden comes...

COVID-19 has brought the world to a halt—but after months of uncertainty, it seems that the situation is slowly taking a turn for the better. Today’s chart measures the extent to which 41 major economies are reopening, by plotting two metrics for each country: the mobility rate and the COVID-19 recovery rate: Mobility Index This refers to the change in activity around workplaces, subtracting activity around residences, measured as a percentage deviation from the baseline. COVID-19 Recovery...

While COVID-19 is dominating headlines, another kind of emergency is threatening the lives of millions of people around the world—food insecurity. The two are very much intertwined, however. By the end of 2020, authorities estimate that upwards of 265 million people could be on the brink of starvation globally, almost double the current rate of crisis-level food insecurity. Today’s visualizations use data from the fourth annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2020) to demonstrate the...

In many Western countries, it’s easy to take press freedom for granted. Instances of fake news, clickbait, and hyper-partisan reporting are points of consternation in the modern media landscape, and can sometimes overshadow the greater good that unrestricted journalism provides to society. Of course, the ability to do that important work can vary significantly around the world. Being an investigative journalist in Sweden comes with a very different set of circumstances and considerations than...