[RD] Daily Graphs and Charts

[Grisu]

kilometers travelled by train per year and capita

Number of train rides per year and capita

 

[peter grimes]

I'm ashamed I couldn't figure out what nation "Vereinigtes Konigsreich" was in english, even though I had the konigsreich part correct

 

[Terxpahseyton]

So Lettland is full of ghost trains?

 

[Mise]

I'm ashamed I couldn't figure out what nation "Vereinigtes Konigsreich" was in english, even though I had the konigsreich part correct

I assumed we'd be 2 words, and we sure as hell aren't a "Republik".

 

[madviking]

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Netherlands is very confusing.

 

[kronic]

Possibly the result of their bursting housing bubble.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Oh I didn't know they had one.
No one talks about Holland

 

[Mise]

Belgium man...

 

[dutchfire]

I don't think the purchasing power in Belgium is higher than here. Do you have a source for the numbers?

 

[madviking]

source

 

[Terxpahseyton]

From the source.

Nevertheless, they are left with considerably more spending money after covering the essentials than consumers in countries where purchasing power is lower.

I am even more confused now. Isn't purchasing power all about ACCOUNTING FOR THE COSTS OF THINGS?

 

[Monsterzuma]

seen that before and was also confused by NL. assumed it was due to excessively high rents/mortgage dues, but probably also some kind of statistical glitch involved.

in the Netherlands loading up on mortgage debt makes you eligible for tax deductions; idk if those are factored back in...

Spain approximately reflects the average per capita purchasing power in Europe.

i think this statement also displays something "deep" about statistical averages. it reflects the average, but it's also a level of purchasing power that almost no country other than spain actually has.

From Reddit:

[–]ronaldvr 6 points 22 hours ago

You did not quote everything, and there is an important addition in what you left out:
The total purchasing power values reflect the disposable income from which inhabitants can draw for consumer purchases and monthly fixed costs such as rent, utilities, mortgage payments, contributions to private retirement funds and insurance policies as well as miscellaneous expenditures such as those related to vacations or transportation.
So this means that due to the way pension premiums are paid in the Netherlands, these may be deducted from the freely available income too.
Further the way AOW and WW and AWBZ are calculated are probably also influencing the "disposable income" as it is calculated here.
And EU Statistics are also known, here is 2010 data (PDF)
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[–]flobin 1 point 17 hours ago
So this means that due to the way pension premiums are paid in the Netherlands, these may be deducted from the freely available income too.

Could you explain this a bit?
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[–]ronaldvr 3 points 12 hours ago

Well as explained in part here
the premiums are deducted before taxes
the employer pays a part of premiums as well
the taxes will be paid when the pension is paid out
Because of a -for most people- lower marginal tax rate when they are pensioned they get a tax advantage here
contrary to mose EU countries our pension premiums are saved which means actually we are disgustingly rich because we have about € 1000 * 109 (miljard in Dutch, bilion in US) in reserve for pensions

a pension is in addition to AOW which is what everyone gets when he/she becomes of pensionable age. AOW is financed as a pay-as-you-go scheme by the way.

http://np.reddit.com/r/Netherlands/comments/1ph3mb/dutch_purchasing_power_in_20122013_significantly/

 

[metatron]

source

I found the map somewhat troublesome too.
The colors should come with some quantitative information in the legend for starters.
It's still pretty though.

 

[dutchfire]

The data within one country seems decent, but the differences between countries seem strange and due to methodology.

 

[strijder20]

I'm ashamed I couldn't figure out what nation "Vereinigtes Konigsreich" was in english, even though I had the konigsreich part correct

I assumed we'd be 2 words, and we sure as hell aren't a "Republik".

It must suck to be English

Belgium man...

As a Belgian, I find this a bit incredible too. Much too large a gap between Flanders and Wallonia/Netherlands.

 

[kronic]

The GfK indicator is useless anyway. According to GfK Germany is in a buying frenzy for years now. The actual hard data, for example retail sales, pretty much shows the exact opposite. So be careful with everything that comes out of GfK.

 

[Monsterzuma]

 

[Mise]

I kind of wish they'd drawn a line at 50% and then dotted lines down to the time scale, so I could see what the median person is doing throughout the day. EDIT: Actually, no, that doesn't work... They'd have to do it properly...

 

[madviking]