How has the world changed? This 🧵 compiles many of my plots on, eg., child mortality, fertility, GDP, women's education, and life expectancy. Thanks to @Gapminder for the data! #rstats

First, child mortality has dropped precipitously all over the world. #GoodNewsGraphs (1/N)
The decline in child mortality, plotted against per capita (log) GDP (2/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1175543636697714689
Falling fertility (3/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1195911303065415680
Rising life expectancy (4/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1193365877795647492
Rising women’s education (5/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1199117559892791296
Rising per capita log GDP (6/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1193174172467224577
Per capita log GDP over time, where each dot is a country-year. I realize that this one is not so informative. (6a/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1193043199016620032
Country population (7/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1198378777987997698
Rise in internet usage, plotted against log per capita GDP (8/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1186773952871448577
Rise in cell phones, plotted against log per capita GDP (9/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1190640829884444672
Rise in access to (at least) a basic water source (10/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1195755114792914944
Life expectancy vs. GDP (11/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1197553115966427137
Life expectancy vs. GDP, split by continent (12/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1185652167232966656
Child mortality vs. fertility (13/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1197261760157356037
Life expectancy vs. child mortality (14/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1196956806746169345
Life expectancy vs. child mortality, split by continent (15/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1195168882039889920
Fertility vs. GDP (16/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1179006692283109378
Infant mortality vs. GDP in Africa (17/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1180492686211633152
Infant mortality vs. GDP, split by continent (18/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1184181598343909377
Women vs. men education (19/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1199354484427755520
Women’s education vs. GDP (20/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1199704003757662210
Women’s education vs fertility (21/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1199490648602238979
Falling fertility, split by continent (22/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1196584662577139713
Internet vs. GDP, split by continent (23/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1187344837814697984
Cell phones vs. GDP, split by continent (24/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1190729960643874818
Child mortality vs. fertility, split by continent (25/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1191352558964465666
Another look at falling child mortality (26/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1194049718395064320
Life expectancy over time (27/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1133734469968416769
BONUS: some that do not use Gapminder data. (27a/N)
U.S. public schools (28/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1171760169493159937
U.S. public schools (29/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1194440192117149701
Walmart openings (30/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1167112782124179456
How often babies are born on each day of the week (31/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1197896472806727683
NBA 3-point shooting (32/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1131728016332206080
NBA 3-point shooting (33/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1197280837139673088
Marathon records (34/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1183156648577290250
Tornadoes (35/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1172867539317211138
U.S. national parks (36/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1171392492333346819
Missions (37/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1170847257660403712
In-N-Out Burger openings (38/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1169023874194976769
U.S. colleges (39/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1156008028421808130
Births by year, by age of mother (40/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1152613047393013766
U.S. fertility rate (41/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1142514229133611009
Target store openings (42/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1141169095351635968
NBA winning percentages by score differential at halftime (43/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1136444974000742401
U.S. property crimes (44/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1135871425489854464
Which day of the year babies are born on? (45/N) https://twitter.com/toddrjones/status/1197708041757634561
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