‘Gapminder: for a fact-based worldview‘ is a website with creative presentations of global information by IT whizzos. Gives graphic information for countries on issues such as health and wealth of nations over past 200 years. [H/t George Savvides]
At CMS SummerView Conference we have been hearing of God’s work through his Holy Spirit and his Church around the world. Information about global trends helps our understanding of God’s world and hence our role in God’s mission.
This evening a speaker used the ‘Gapminder‘ information to show the way in which the life expectancy and wealth of Australia and China have changed over the last 200 years.
200 years ago, all countries were poor and life expectancy was less than 40 years. In the 1800s, health only improved in a few countries, but today no country have less than 40 years in life expectancy.
The following link will take you to the graph which shows how long people live and how much money they earn. Click the play button to see how countries have developed since 1800: 200 years that changed the world
You can then replay the graph and select just Australia and China as the countries and you will see more clearly their development in health and wealth.
Much more besides. ENJOY! Gapminder website www.gapminder.org
