Thread by @PlanMaestro

The Best Charts of 2019:

Asia, Environment, and Science

I’ve collected some of the most liked Chartstravaganza of 2019 to see what they say of the past year (and years) and will publish around 20 each day this week … I hope you like them.

More than half of the world’s population … and the two biggest

(@visualcap)

And densely populated

(@puddingviz)

India is just emerging

(@goldmansachs)

While China is already a global force

(@kkr_co)

A country in a big demographic transition

(@nytimes)

That is projecting its rise in the region

(@simongerman600)

And abroad

(@theeconomist)

They are both suffering some side effects of economic growth

(@ft)

Not a good record

(@ft)

Developed countries show that pollution problems can be solved

(@epa)

… and that other environmental problems can also be improved

(@natgeo)

Can we also improve our biggest environmental problem?

(@washingtonpost)

With its wide ranging implications?

(@zlabe)

With big newcomers with the same big aspirations?

(@ft)

The costs from natural disasters can be huge

(@nytimes)

And not all posible solutions will be liked :)

(@bbc)

It’s surprising the impact we have considering how small we are

(@theeconomist)

But we do change the world

(@fastcompany)

In many ways

(@univofstandrews)

While we humans can be quite stupid sometimes

(@qz)

With several of our cognitive abilities peaking way too early

And wisdom arriving way too late

(@techinsider)

But we have an accumulating body of knowledge to work with called science

(academic co-citations by @robinhanson)

And some extra material …

1. Marathon

(@chartrdaily)

2. Cycling

3. Break-Up

(@infobeautiful)

4. School

(@theeconomist)

5. Europe

(@theeconomist)

6. Africa

(@wikipedia)

7. Death in Shakespeare

(@reddit)

That’s all, and don’t forget to check the other parts of this series with the best charts of 2019.

For example: America

https://twitter.com/planmaestro/status/1215675572057202688?s=21

https://twitter.com/planmaestro/status/1215675572057202688