Guess the map 15: GDP or population?

[Samson]

I wonder if it is climate related, with the west coast of South America and the east coast of Africa standing out?

 

[Kyriakos]

What is the significance of the scale going from 0 to 1?
I hope it's not eclectic and misleading ^^
I suppose it could be % of type of x in total production of x, so already verging on being misleading (1 instead of 100%).

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Might it have something to do with food or agricultural produce? Like, say, rice?

*Notices Iraq

Probably not

 

[Samson]

I suppose it could be % of type of x in total production of x, so already verging on being misleading (1 instead of 100%).

I would disagree that giving a proportion rather than a % is misleading. The whole "represent a proportion as a faction of 100" is pretty arbitrary.

 

[Kyriakos]

I would disagree that giving a proportion rather than a % is misleading. The whole "represent a proportion as a faction of 100" is pretty arbitrary.

You can disagree, but it is a bit tricky imo ^^ Originally I thought of male/female ratio due to the standard written presentation of that in relation to one side being picked to stand for 1. But for (eg) coal you wouldn't see such in casual use in an energy chart.
Speaking of which, maybe it is indeed about type of power production?

 

[Qactus]

Ah, nice...

Re: male/female:
It is not related to demographics

Re: food
It is not representing food/agriculture or any other production.

What is the significance of the scale going from 0 to 1?
I hope it's not eclectic and misleading ^^
I suppose it could be % of type of x in total production of x, so already verging on being misleading (1 instead of 100%).

It is an index, 1 is best, worst would (in theory) be 0. Looking at the data, there are some small islands with really low values (0.3/0.4), but if we consider countries with a significant enough land area to be visible on this world map size, then Sri Lanka and New Zealand rank lowest.

I wonder if it is climate related, with the west coast of South America and the east coast of Africa standing out?

This is tough to answer. I can imagine in a tropical climate this can much more quickly become really low compared to desert or arctic. But the factors that drive the value down are not climate-related, and in theory a tropical country could reach a value close to 1.

 

[Kyriakos]

House market/ownership?

 

[Qactus]

House market/ownership?

No

 

[Kyriakos]

Heating related?

 

[Qactus]

Heating related?

No

I have no idea. Could you give us a clue?

It is related to nature

 

[Arakhor]

Whatever it is, it appears to be strongest in the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Animals? Plants?

 

[Akka]

Protected species ?

 

[Qactus]

Yes, close enough @Akka ! It is the Red List Index 2023 of endangered species (0: all extinct 1: none at risk of extinction)

 

[Akka]

Well, then I guess it's my turn.
Scale is from lowest to highest. Don't pay attention to the green outlines and lines, they were just for pointing trivia.

 

[Kyriakos]

Can't be higher education, way too many non-degree people in west Euro/US ^^

 

[EnglishEdward]

Energy consumption per capita ?

 

[Kyriakos]

Maybe wealth disparity.

 

[Samson]

Is white lowest or no data?

 

[Qactus]

Seems like driven by both industrialization as well as land area. So maybe domestic air travel or sth?