Guess the map 15: GDP or population?

[Birdjaguar]

Yes! Hardly a challenge.

 

[thetrooper]

I'm an idiot wrt English so I use my license to ask silly questions; is it correct to say that one consumes cigarettes?

 

[lymond]

I'm an idiot wrt English so I use my license to ask silly questions; is it correct to say that one consumes cigarettes?

Yep, it's fine. Consume can simply mean "use" or "use up" in some way.

 

[Samson]

I do not like that there is so much grey, but as far as I can tell it represents the source data. I will highlight that the source comes with the warning "comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution", but hey, we are all grown ups

 

[El_Machinae]

I'm glad people got that so quickly.
I was sure it was related to the number of times the territory changes hands in a typical game of Risk

 

[Birdjaguar]

Darker is better or worse? More or less?

 

[Samson]

Darker is better or worse? More or less?

A higher number is better. Note it spans zero, so darker red is worst, darker blue best.

 

[El_Machinae]

Is it a consumption function? A production function?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Oh, there is a scale on the right!

Hmmm...Russia is the worst, Romania, Bulgaria and China are the best.

 

[Samson]

Is it a consumption function? A production function?

That map shows consumption. As it happens, in investigating the missing countries I plotted the equivalent production values, and the result has similarities but the differences are interesting. This is the map of production:

And this is the map of the differences between the two (literally the value of the consumption minus the value of the production):

I will warn you that this is my interpretation of the thing, which has been known to be unconventional.

 

[Hrothbern]

British Guyana producing most what Romania consumes most

 

[Birdjaguar]

Is it energy related?
Is it medical related?

 

[uppi]

How can consumption be negative (and that being different from production)? Did you apply a logarithm or anything like that?

 

[El_Machinae]

I'm reading it as net exports

 

[lymond]

Iron/steel export/imports?

another guess:

Energy consumption vs. production or export

 

[Samson]

How can consumption be negative (and that being different from production)? Did you apply a logarithm or anything like that?

It is a function of the primary measure, not log but the most obvious one.

Is it energy related?
Is it medical related?

Iron/steel export/imports?

another guess:

Energy consumption vs. production or export

All of these are too specific.

 

[The_J]

"Energy" or "medicine" are too specific o_O?
Is it related to... people...?

 

[Samson]

"Energy" or "medicine" are too specific o_O?

Yes.

Is it related to... people...?

Yes, in the general sense.

 

[uppi]

Is it related to migration?

Romania an Bulgaria being very blue had me thinking about foreign workers or something, but they would be "producers" instead of "consumers".

So maybe money transfers by expats?

 

[Samson]

Is it related to migration?

Romania an Bulgaria being very blue had me thinking about foreign workers or something, but they would be "producers" instead of "consumers".

So maybe money transfers by expats?

Nothing to do with migration. You are still too specific.