We put our improved color maps to work in our brand-new lesson plans library. Learn how to use color to visualize differences between countries.

The most recent version of our color-coded maps allow you to focus on the continent of your choice. Check out the death rate for the African continent for example.

Stats for Mineral Commodities Production and Trade Statistics have been refreshed with mineral production data up to 2004.

Color-coded maps provide an easy way to visualize and compare the differences between countries. Our beta release has some rough edges, but it can already produce some very interesting maps. Take a map depicting birth rate for example. Click on the map to see a larger version and then notice how the countries in red have the highest birth rates (move your mouse over each country to see its name and birth rate).