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I thought I had seen it all when it came to poor, but “sexy” visualizations. But I was proven wrong. Perfect for my TGIF series…

A dear colleague showed me this Linkedin <\/a>Post<\/a> last week and I was speechless. Not self-explanatory for me Ralf M. Ruthardt<\/strong><\/a> and I feel forced to open a second perspective …
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GDP growth in Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Yet another prettily colored map. This time, the colorful map is supposed to show the change in GDP growth in European countries from 2019 to 2024.
Germany performs worst, of course …

In any case, the figures shown should be questioned. \ud835\udddc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\udff1\ud835\udfed% \ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude04\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5?
This feeling is reinforced when I compare it with my own quick visualization: the trend of the lines is clearly similar in all countries.
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visualization with small multiples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

But what is the colored rectangle in my small multiples?
They represent the absolute value of GDP in 2023. Why is that?
Because the absolute starting point is very important for estimating percentage growth:
13% of \u20ac563 billion – Ireland’s GDP in 2024 – is a very different figure from 13% of \u20ac4,329 billion – Germany’s GDP, which is the \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\u00a0\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\uddda\ud835\uddd7\ud835\udde3 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\udddc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1.\u00a0\ud83d\ude0e

Incidentally, this is also why we at graphomate <\/a><\/strong>like to show absolute and percentage deviations in our visualizations.

Would you please \u201clike\u201d this post, if you find my visualization more meaningful? Of course, it could be better, but I had to quickly counter this nasty map. I think it deliberately spreads a skewed narrative …

Have a great weekend,

Lars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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