Maps of foreign-born populations in Europe and the US
These two maps show the percentage of foreign-born residents by country in Europe and by state in the United States. In Europe, countries with the highest share of foreigners are Luxembourg (47%) and...
View ArticleNew maps of public opinion in the EU (based on Eurobarometer surveys)
I have created 9 new maps based on the EU Commission's Eurobarometer poll results for Autumn 2019. I will compare them with other maps I made earlier. Democracy This map shows the percentage of the...
View ArticleNew map of public support for abortion by country in and around Europe
This map shows the percentage of the population who says that abortion should be legal in all or most cases (2015-17). It is based on the data from the Pew Research, except for Turkey, India, China and...
View ArticleDigital Quality of Life Index by country
Surfshark has published its 2021 Digital Quality of Life Index. Countries are assessed on five variables: Internet affordability Internet quality Electronic infrastructure Electronic security...
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New maps of American fast food chains per capita in Europe
I have made four new maps showing the number of American fast food chains per capita in each European country and compared to the United States, India, China and Japan. McDonald's are the most popular...
View ArticleMap of firearms per 100 people in Europe and gun ownership rates in the U.S.
I have made two new maps. The first one represents the total number of civilian firearms in a country divided by the population. It is not the same as the gun ownership rate (second map), as some...
View ArticleLargest Italian, Irish, Polish, Greek cities in the world outside their home...
Great Britain, Spain and Portugal have set up population colonies that are now home to far more people than the country of origin. But what about more recent diaspora of countries that didn't set up...
View ArticleTop 10 Best Modern Militaries/Armed Forces
Who do you think are the top 10 best Militaries/Armed Forces in the world? In other words if each country was to go in an all out war with each other, one on one, who would win the most times? And I...
View ArticleNew maps of the quality of roads, number of speeding fines & road fatalities
I have added new vehicle maps of Europe. I wanted to see if there was a correlation between road fatalities and the quality of roads or number of speeding fines per capita. There doesn't seem to be...
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New economic maps of Europe
I have been working on a lot of new maps for the Economic & Wealth Maps page of this site. There are now over 50 maps, with more coming soon. The one that took me the longest to make is the GDP per...
View ArticleMaps of prevalent negative emotions by country in and around Europe
When comparing countries and cultures, few people think of the fact that the frequency of basic emotions can vary widely depending on the society where one lives. Using Gallup's State of the Global...
View ArticleCrime maps of Europe
I have made a series of map using the data from Numbeo as of late 2022. The maps do not show the actual crime rate, but the fear of crimes being committed. So this reflects the sense of insecurity of...
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Cancer maps of Europe
I have made maps showing the death rate from various types of cancer in and around Europe. Some types of cancer are clearly linked to the lifestyle. Lung cancer rates do not only depend on the...
View ArticleYear of introduction of electronic ID cards in Europe
Some 70 countries worldwide now use eID cards. Belgium and Finland were the first countries to introduce them in 2003, followed by Sweden (2005), the Netherlands (2006) and Spain (2006). In 2007,...
View ArticleMilitary Power Ranking - 2023
Ranking of military power, in 2023, by 'Global Firepower'. The US in 1st, no surprise there. The comparison between Ukraine and Russia is impressive. I don't know if they considered all the material...
View ArticleMap of showing share of banks with mobile apps in and around Europe
Here is my latest map based on data from the World Bank. The map shows the percentage of people aged 15+ who have an account with a bank or other financial institution that provides mobile money...
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New map of Muslim population in Europe
I noticed that there wasn't any good map showing the percentage of Muslims in Europe by region (and not just by country), so I searched for the data and made one. Brussels had the highest percentage of...
View ArticleNew map of gun homicide rates by country
Gun control is a major issue in the United States and for a good reason as the USA has the highest firearm-related homicide rate in the developed world at 4.46 per 100,000 in 2017 and increasing (2017...
View ArticleBuying a property in Europe: compare the taxes and fees by country
What do you need to know before buying a house or an apartment in Europe, either as a residence or as an investment? The purchasing process and the taxes and fees pertaining to it vary a lot between...
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Maps of alcohol consumption per capita in Europe
I have expanded the Food & Drink Maps section. I made a map of overall alcohol consumption per capita with the 2010 data from the WHO. At that time Slavic people drank the most. I made a new map...
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