{"id":22229,"date":"2025-07-04T13:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/2025\/07\/deutschlands-wirtschaft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T13:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:27:16","slug":"deutschlands-wirtschaft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/2025\/07\/deutschlands-wirtschaft\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s just too hot to write in-depth posts, so this week only a short Goody I Found.

Coloured maps – so-called choropleth maps – are not really my thing.
They distort the representation of information, because the size of the areas is usually not related to the data presented.

Last week, however, I found a choropleth map that amazed me:<\/p>\n\n\n

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I was flabbergasted when I saw which countries combined had the same GDP in total as Germany in 2024. And how “small” Germany is in comparison …

OK, the currency in which the GDP is stated is not a matter and the “T” for Trillion could be a challenge for us Europeans … but still:
simply impressive, isn\u2019t it?

Have a \u201ccold\u201d weekend, \ud83d\ude0e

Lars

PS
Yes, I would prefer to see the GDP per capita as an additional bar chart also – probably a different picture. \ud83d\ude43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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